Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act · 2014 Revised Edition
16. Requirements as to production of certificate of insurance or security
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person driving a motor vehicle on a road shall, on being so required by a police constable, give his name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle and produce his certificate, and if he fails so to do he is guilty of an offence:
motor vehicle
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, but does not include an invalid carriage;
Provided that if the driver of a motor vehicle within 5 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 the
Motor Vehicles Insurance
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driver at the time its production was required, he shall not be convicted of an offence under this subsection by reason only of failure to produce his certificate to the police officer.
If, in any case where owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs involving personal injury to another person, the driver of the vehicle does not at the time produce his certificate to a police constable or to some other person who having reasonable grounds for so doing has required its production, the driver shall, as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours of the occurrence of the accident, report the accident at a police station and thereupon produce his certificate, and if he fails to do so he is guilty of an offence:
road
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes. Users of motor vehicles to be insured against third party risks.
Provided that a person shall not be convicted of an offence under this subsection by reason only of failure to produce his certificate if, within 5 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.
It shall be the duty of the owner of a motor vehicle to give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of the Commissioner of
owner
“owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is subject to a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the persons in possession of the vehicle under the agreement;
Police to give for the purpose of determining whether the motor vehicle was or was not being driven in contravention of section 3 on any occasion when the driver was required under this section to produce his certificate, and if the owner fails to do so he is guilty of an offence.
In this section, “produce his certificate” means produce for examination the relevant certificate of insurance or certificate of security or such other evidence that the motor vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of section 3 as may be prescribed.
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner of Police
Defined · s 2“Commissioner of Police” has the same meaning as in the Royal Brunei Police Force Act;
motor vehicle
Defined · s 2“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, but does not include an invalid carriage;
owner
Defined · s 2“owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is subject to a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the persons in possession of the vehicle under the agreement;
police constable
Defined · s 2“police constable” means any member of the Police Force constituted under the Royal Brunei Police Force Act, but does not include a special police officer or an additional police officer;
road
Defined · s 2“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes. Users of motor vehicles to be insured against third party risks.