37A. Competitions and speed trials

No competition or trial of speed involving the use of any vehicle shall take place on a road or other public place without the written approval of the Commissioner of Police.

Any such written approval may be made subject to such conditions to be specified therein as the Commissioner of Police may think fit to impose.

For the purpose of any duly approved competition or trial of speed, the Commissioner of Police may, by order published in the Gazette, regulate, restrict or prohibit to such extent and subject to such conditions or exceptions as may be specified therein, the use of a road or public place, or part thereof.

No such order shall be made, unless not less than 7 days before the making thereof, a notice of intention to make the order, specifying its general nature and describing alternative routes, if any, available for traffic, animals and pedestrians, has been published by the Commissioner of Police in one or more newspapers circulating in Brunei Darussalam.

So long as any order made under subsection (3) remains in force, a notice stating the effect of the order and describing any alternative routes available for traffic, animals and pedestrians shall be kept posted in a conspicuous manner at each end of the part of the road or public place to which the order relates and at the points at which it will be necessary for traffic, animals and pedestrians to diverge from the road or public place.

The cost of every such notice and publication shall be paid in advance to the Commissioner of Police by the person promoting the competition or trial of speed.

Any person who promotes or takes part in any competition or trial of speed without the written approval of the Commissioner of Police and any driver or person in charge of any vehicle used in or taking part in any such competition or trial of speed is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000 and imprisonment for 6 months and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $3,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

Any police officer may arrest without a warrant any person committing an offence under subsection (7) and may seize and detain for the purpose of proceedings under this Act any vehicle used in or taking part in any competition or trial of speed without the written approval of the

On a conviction under subsection (7), the court shall order that the person convicted be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive any motor vehicle for such period not being less than 12 months from the date of such conviction as the court may think proper, unless the court for special reasons (which shall be set out in the order of the court) thinks fit to order otherwise.