Requirements as to production of certificate of insurance

(1) Any person driving a motor vehicle on a public road shall, on being required by a member of the Belize Police Department, give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle and produce his certificate, and if he fails to do so he shall be guilty of an Provided that, if the driver of a motor vehicle within five days after the date on which the production of his certificate was so required, produces the certificate in person at such police station as may have been specified by him at the time its production was required, he shall not be convicted under this sub-section of the offence of failing to produce his certificate. (2) The owner of a motor vehicle shall give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of an officer of the Belize Police Department not below the rank of sergeant to give as to the identity of the driver of the motor vehicle on any occasion when the driver was required to produce the 16 (Third Party Risks) certificate, and if the owner fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence. (3) If in any case where, owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a public road, an accident occurs involving injury to another person or damage to any property, the driver of the motor vehicle does not at the time produce his certificate to a member of the Belize Police Department or to some person who, having reasonable grounds for doing so, has required its production, the driver shall report the accident at a police station as soon as possible, and in any case within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the accident and there produce his certificate, and if he fails so to do, he shall be guilty of an Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this subsection of the offence of failing to produce his certificate if within five days after the occurrence of the accident, he produces the certificate in person at such police station as may be specified by him at the time the accident was reported. (4) In this section, the expression “produce his certificate” means produce for examination the relevant certificate of insurance or such other evidence that the motor vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of section 3 of this Act as may be prescribed.