Motor Vehicles And Road Traffic

Cap. 230 · Revised Edition 2020 · 129 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Department of Transport
s. 4Transport Board
s. 5Motor vehicle records
s. 6Registration of motor vehicles
s. 7Examination of motor vehicles
s. 8Cancellation of registration
s. 9Exemptions from need for registration
s. 10Transfer of registration
s. 11Using vehicle without prescribed licence an offence
s. 12Restrictions on licensing of certain motor vehicles and trailers
s. 13Special permit to use vehicle
s. 14Application for licence
s. 15Conditions to be satisfied before licence issued
s. 16Alterations in conditions on which licence is issued
s. 17Cancellation or refusal of licence
s. 18Transfer of ownership
s. 19Duplicate licences
s. 20Licence duties
s. 21Dealers’ general licence
s. 22Uses of dealers’ general licences
s. 23Record of dealers’ general licences
s. 24Cancellation of dealers’ general licence
s. 25Dealers’ general licence not transferable
s. 26Dealer to accompany vehicle when used
s. 27Record of vehicles used under authority of dealers’ general licence
s. 28Temporary licences and international certificates
s. 29Driving without a licence an offence
s. 30Issue of Belize Driving Licences
s. 31Driving tests
s. 32Physical fitness
s. 33Applications for driving licences
s. 34Classes of vehicles
s. 35Restrictions on Belize Driving Licences for goods vehicles, etc
s. 36Age
s. 37Driving test fees
s. 38Form of driving licence
s. 39Fees
s. 40Production of driving licences
s. 41Record of driving licences
s. 42Duration of driving licences
s. 43Re-issue of lost or defaced driving licence
s. 44Restrictions on the issue of new driving licence after expiration of former one
s. 45Temporary driving licence and international driving licence
s. 46Bicycles to be licensed
s. 47Validity of registration
s. 48Form of registration and transfer of registration
s. 49Requisition for registration to be made by owner
s. 50Transport officer may require production of bicycle
s. 51Transport officer may refuse to grant registration
s. 52Registration plates
s. 53Re-issue of lost or defaced registration or registration plate
s. 54Penalty for not producing registration
s. 55Police officer may detain bicycle
s. 56Register for registration
s. 57Co-owners
s. 58Recovery of fines
s. 59Interpretation of “deal in second-hand bicycles”
s. 60Dealing in second-hand bicycles, etc., prohibited except under a licence
s. 61Application for a licence
s. 62Consideration of application
s. 63Grounds on which licence shall be refused
s. 64Transfer of licence
s. 65Sign board to be erected by licensee
s. 66Licensee required to keep books
s. 67Restriction on certain transactions
s. 68Restriction on disposing of, disfiguring or dismantling second- hand bicycles
s. 69Penalty for failure to give information
s. 70Search warrant
s. 71General penalties
s. 72Power to cancel licence, etc
s. 73Speed
s. 74Driving, or being in charge, when under influence of alcohol or drugs
s. 75Driving or being in charge, with alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit
s. 76Requirement to go to police station or hospital
s. 77Provisions of specimens for analysis
s. 78Protection for hospital patients
s. 79Evidence in proceedings for an offence under section 74 or 75
s. 80Detention of persons affected by alcohol or a drug
s. 81Interpretation of sections 74 to 80
s. 82Reckless driving
s. 83Careless driving
s. 84Warning to be given of intended prosecution
s. 85Taking vehicle without consent of owner
s. 86Interfering with motor vehicle
s. 87Restrictions on persons being carried on bicycles
s. 88Restriction on cyclists riding abreast or holding on to other moving vehicles
s. 89Duty to stop, give aid, and report in case of accident
s. 90Power to proceed on charge for careless driving on hearing of charges under section 74, 75 or 82
s. 91Powers of court to order disqualification from obtaining a driving licence and to endorse and cancel licences
s. 92Right of appeal
s. 93Production of driving licence for endorsement
s. 94Custody of licence while suspended or cancelled
s. 95Suspended licence to be of no effect
s. 96Temporary suspension of licence pending determination of charges
s. 97Fraudulent application for driving licence
s. 98Particulars of endorsement to be copied on new licence
s. 99Non-disclosure of endorsement
s. 100Issue of new licence free from endorsement
s. 101Fees and duties
s. 102Fraudulent imitation etc., of documents
s. 103Offences and general penalty
s. 104Liability at common law
s. 105Refusing to give name or address or giving false name or address
s. 106Giving false information
s. 107Duplicate licences, licences and certificates
s. 108Liability of driver and owner for offences
s. 109Power to require motor vehicles licensed according to maximum gross weight to be weighed
s. 110Recovery of damage to road or bridge
s. 111Certificate as to damage to be admissible in evidence
s. 112Regulations
s. 113Special regulations may be made by Commissioner of Police
s. 114Saving
s. 115Grant of concessions to operate motor omnibuses
s. 116In the event of a conflict of laws, this Act to prevail
s. 117Registration, licensing and control of vehicles in the municipality
s. 118Powers of municipal authority to make regulations
s. 119Transitional Provisions
s. 120Traffic Management Committee
s. 121Commissioner of Police to assist the municipal authority
s. 121ARegistration of Bills of Sale
s. 121BDuty to keep register
s. 121CRegistration of memorandum of satisfaction
s. 122List of terminals
s. 123Regulations for control of terminals
s. 124Evidence of offence at terminals
s. 125Compliance by operators and owners of omnibuses
s. 126Establishment of special fund