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Special regulations may be made by Commissioner of Police

Cap. 230, s. 113 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The Commissioner of Police may– (a) make orders as to the line to be kept by persons driving or riding any vehicle or animal on any road and as to the manner in which vehicles of any description shall be drawn up while waiting on any road and as to the route to be observed by any vehicles, horses, and persons, and for preventing obstruction on any road in any case where such road is liable to be thronged or obstructed; or (b) give directions to police officers for the purpose of regulating in the neighbourhood of courts of law, public offices, churches, theatres, and other places of public resort. (2) Any person who, after being made acquainted with any orders made or directions given under this section, contravenes or fails to comply with such order or directions commits an offence under this section. (3) Where a police officer in uniform is on duty in any public road or is for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic at any place in a public road, a pedestrian or any person driving 78 or propelling a vehicle, or leading or driving an animal, who wilfully neglects or refuses to stop or proceed or keep to a particular line of traffic when specifically directed to do so by such police officer in the execution of his duty commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars. (4) Any police officer may apprehend without a warrant any person who commits an offence under this section within his view, if such person refuses to give his name and address or gives a name or address which the police officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be false.
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