Refusing to give name or address or giving false name or address

(1) If the driver or conductor of any motor vehicle who commits an offence against this Act or any regulations refuses to give his name and address or gives a false name or address, he commits an offence. (2) Where the driver of a vehicle is alleged to be guilty of an offence against this Act or any regulations or of any offence involving dishonesty towards a passenger or with respect to any goods or freight carried on a vehicle– (a) the owner of the vehicle shall give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of the police to give as to the identity of the driver, and if he fails to do so within four days of his being notified of such request he commits an offence unless he shows to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained who the driver was; and (b) any other person shall, if required as aforesaid, give any information which it is in his power to give and which may lead to the identification of the driver, and if he fails to do so, he commits an offence. (3) Any police officer may arrest without a warrant the driver or conductor of any motor vehicle who within his view commits an offence under this Act or under the regulations, 70 unless the driver or conductor either gives his name and address or produces his licence for examination.