Other offences
36 Other offences
A person must not give information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular to a person performing a function under a road law.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.
A person must not —
while disqualified from obtaining a driver’s licence apply for or obtain such a licence, except that a person may apply for such a licence during the last 6 weeks of the period of disqualification; or
while disqualified from obtaining any particular licence other than a driver’s licence apply for or obtain such a licence; or
forge or fraudulently alter a driver’s licence document, vehicle licence, number plate or label; or
use a forged or fraudulently altered driver’s licence document, vehicle licence, number plate or label, or use a driver’s licence document, vehicle licence, number plate or label to which the person is not entitled; or
fraudulently permit the person’s driver’s licence document, vehicle licence, number plate or label to be used by another person; or
drive a vehicle or cause or permit a vehicle to be driven on any road while it has on it —
a forged or fraudulently altered number plate or label; or
a replica or imitation of a number plate or label; or
a number plate or label other than one issued for that vehicle;
or
without lawful excuse have in the person’s possession with intent to deceive a driver’s licence document or vehicle licence or an article resembling such a document or licence, or a label or any article resembling a label; or
lend or allow to be used by another person a driver’s licence document or vehicle licence or a number plate or label.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of 50 PU.
In subsection (2) —
driver’s licence document includes a learner’s permit;
label means a label issued under a regulation mentioned in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 section 15 or 27;
number plate has the meaning given to that term in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 section 3(1).
[Section 36 amended: No. 39 of 2009 s. 11; No. 8 of 2012 s. 216 and 232; No. 2 of 2015 s. 15 No. 8 of 2022 s. 7; No. 15 of 2024 s. 37.]
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