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Road Traffic Act 1930

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113Prosecutions and penalties for offences.

(1)Save as otherwise expressly provided, all Prosecutions offences under this Act shall be prosecuted under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no special penalty is provided shall be liable in the case of the first offence to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(3)Where the driver of a vehicle is alleged to be guilty of an offence under this Act—

(a)the owner of the vehicle shall give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of a chief officer of police to give as to the identity of the driver, and, if he fails to do so, shall be guilty of 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 shall be guilty of an offence.

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