Section 117A of Traffic Act CAP 403: Assignment of demerit points on conviction for certain offences
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a person is convicted of an offence specified in the Schedule, the court may, in addition to any penalty, order—
(a) that the demerit points specified in that Schedule in relation to the offence be recorded against any license held by that person; and
(b) that the person be disqualified in accordance with subsection (4).
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply if the penalty imposed by the court on the convicted person includes an order disqualifying" that person from holding or obtaining a driver's license.
(3) Where a person is served with a prescribed notice under section 117 in respect of an offence to which that section relates, and pays the maximum penalty In accordance with that section—
(a) the number of demerit points specified in the Schedule shall be recorded; and
(b) the police shall record in respect of that person—
(i) details of the offence committed;
(ii) the date on which the maximum penalty was paid;
(iii) the number of demerit points specified in the schedule In relation to that offence; and
(iv) as of that date, the total number of demerit points recorded against the licence of that person.
(4) Where the demerit points accumulated by a person total to—
(a) ten or more but less than fourteen, that person shall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's licence for a period of six months;
(b) fourteen or more but less than twenty, that person shall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's licence for a period of one year;
(c) twenty or more, that person shall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's licence for a period of two years.
(5) Where demerit points have been recorded against a person's licence under this section, and for a period of three years after the date of the latest recording no further demerit points are recorded, the demerit points shall be expunged from the records:
Provided that in calculating the period of three years, no account shall be taken of any period of disqualification pursuant' to subsection (4), or by virtue of an order of the court under any other provision of this Act.
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