Road Traffic Act · s 31

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s 31Failure of driver of vehicle to render assistance to injured person

Without prejudice to section 33, if any person who has injured any other person on a road, whether by negligence or not, as the result of driving a vehicle, fails to stop such vehicle and render such assistance to the injured person as he may be capable of rendering and as the injured person may need, he is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $8,000

and imprisonment for one year and, in the case where the injury is caused by the driver of a motor vehicle, the court shall either suspend for a period not exceeding 2 years any driving licence held by the person convicted, or, if such person holds no driving licence, order that for the same period, he shall be disqualified from obtaining a driving licence, unless the court, for special reasons (which shall be set out in the order of the court) thinks fit to order otherwise.