Temporary driving licence and international driving licence

(1) The Department may issue a temporary driving licence for any period not exceeding three months to any applicant for it, when it is shown to its satisfaction that the applicant is a bona Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 39 fide visitor to Belize. Such temporary driving licence may be granted with or without any driving test on the part of the applicant, but shall be subject to such conditions as may be stipulated on the licence and to the payment of the prescribed fee. (2) The holder of a valid international driving licence issued elsewhere than in Belize and in accordance with an International Convention, or of a valid domestic driving licence issued elsewhere than in Belize shall, while such licence remains valid, be exempt from the requirement to hold a driving licence under this Part during a period of twelve months from the date of his last entry into Belize, Provided that– (a) this sub-section shall not authorise a person to drive a motor vehicle of any class or description if, inconsequence of a conviction or of the order of a court, he is disqualified from holding a driving licence under this Part; (b) the Department may by Order contained in a statutory instrument withdraw the rights conferred by this sub-section on the holders of domestic driving licences or, in the case of domestic driving licences of a description specified in the Order, or held by persons of a description so specified; and (c) this sub-section shall be without prejudice to section 36, but section 35, shall not apply in relation to a person driving in pursuance of this sub-section a motor vehicle brought temporarily into Belize if he has attained the age of eighteen years. (3) Where a person in Belize desires to drive a motor vehicle in any other country which shall have adhered to any 40 International Convention, he may apply to the Department in the prescribed manner for an international driving licence. The applicant must comply with the requirements of the said Convention and shall, in addition to such other particulars as may be required by the Department, satisfy the latter that he is above the age of eighteen years and holds a valid driving licence to drive motor vehicles in Belize of the class or description mentioned in his application, and that he is ordinarily resident in Belize. The Department shall have power to issue international driving licences in accordance with any International Convention as aforesaid and on payment of the prescribed fee. Such licences shall remain in force for twelve months from the date of issue, unless such licence has ceased to be valid. (4) The Department shall keep a register of all holders in Belize of valid international driving licences issued elsewhere than in Belize, and of all holders of international driving licences issued by it. (5) An international driving licence referred to in sub- section (3), may be issued to a person under eighteen years of age, if it is restricted to motor cycles and invalid carriages. (6) In this section, the expression “international driving licence” means a driving licence issued under the authority of a country outside Belize which is a party to an International Convention and in accordance with such Convention, and the expression “domestic driving licence”, in relation to a country outside Belize, means a document issued under the law of that country and authorising the holder to drive motor vehicles, or a specified class or description of motor vehicles in that country. Schedule I. (7) Schedule I shall have effect as respects the driving licences referred to in this section. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 41 licenced.