Time for payment of fine and penalty

(1) For violations which occur in areas falling outside the limits of a municipality, the fine stated on the traffic violation ticket shall be paid at any office of the Department within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of issue of the ticket, failing which the fine shall be increased at the rate of five dollars for every day the fine remains unpaid. (2) For areas falling within the limits of a municipality, the fine stated on the ticket shall be paid at the office of the Department of Traffic of the municipal authority within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of the issue of the ticket, failing which the fine shall be increased at the rate of five dollars for every day the fine remains unpaid. (3) Except as otherwise provided in subregulation (5), where the fine stated on the traffic violation ticket remains unpaid for a period of thirty (30) calendar days from the date of issue of the ticket, the ticket shall automatically operate as a summons, and the person to whom the ticket was issued shall on the day specified in the summons for him to appear in court (which day shall be not less than seven calendar days and not more than fourteen calendar days from the expiry of the 30-day period referred to above) be required to appear at the summary jurisdiction court in the judicial district, on that date, and during Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 35 the time, specified on the face of the ticket, except as otherwise provided in subregulation (5). CAP. 99. (4) Except as otherwise provided in subregulation (5), immediately after the expiration of thirty (30) calendar days after the fine remains unpaid, but in any case, no later than the day specified for the person to appear in court, the summons shall be laid in court by the bailiff or some other officer designated by the Department for that purpose, and the provisions of Part IV of the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act shall apply in respect of the complaint contained therein as if the information and complaint were made under that Act, except as otherwise provided in subregulation (5). (5) Every traffic violation ticket issued to a foreign registered and licensed motor vehicle, motor omnibus, motorcycle or motor lorry is payable immediately at the nearest office of the Department of Transport or department of traffic in a municipality, as the case may be, and shall not after the expiration of 30 calendar days from the date of issue of the ticket operate as a summons.