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bruneilawsby aturio
In force2026 Revised Edition
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Part · Driving and Other Offences and General Conditions Relating to Use of Motor Vehicles on Road

39. Neglect of traffic directions

(1)

Where a police officer in uniform is for the time being engaged in regulation of traffic in a road, or where any traffic sign being a sign for regulating the movement of traffic or indicating the route to be followed by traffic and being of the prescribed size, colour and type has been lawfully placed on or near any road, any person who —

(a)

driving or propelling any vehicle neglects or refuses to stop the vehicle or to make it proceed in or keep to a particular line of traffic when directed to do so by the police officer in the execution of his duty; or

(b)

fails to conform to any direction of any police officer in the execution of his duty or to the indication given or necessarily implied by any such sign, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $600

and not exceeding $3,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act and of any regulations, rules and orders made thereunder, a traffic sign placed on or near a road is deemed to be of the prescribed size, colour and type, and to have been lawfully so placed, unless the contrary is proved.

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