Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Traffic on Roads
78A. Power to control traffic at assemblies and public resorts
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Commissioner of Police may issue orders, prescribing the routes, entrances and exits by which traffic shall approach or leave any place of assembly or public resort, and prescribing where and the order in which vehicles shall park while waiting at such places.
traffic
“traffic” includes vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, and bodies of troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
An order issued under this section may prescribe a parking place upon land in private ownership if the owner or occupier of such land consents.
owner
“owner” means the person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered by a licensing officer: Provided that in the case of a vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase agreement, the term means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
The Commissioner of Police may, with the consent of the owner or occupier of any place of assembly or public resort, authorise any police officer in uniform to regulate the movement of traffic in such place.
Any person who —
person
“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
contravenes or fails to comply with an order made under this section; or
neglects or refuses to stop his vehicle or to make it proceed in or keep to a particular line to traffic or neglects or refuses himself to proceed in or keep to a particular line of traffic when directed to do so by a police officer authorised under this section to regulate traffic, is guilty of an offence.
Orders issued under this section shall be published in the Gazette and may be published in such other manner as the Commissioner of Police may think fit.
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road
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
Terms defined in s 2
owner
Defined · s 2“owner” means the person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered by a licensing officer: Provided that in the case of a vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase agreement, the term means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
person
Defined · s 2“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
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;
traffic
Defined · s 2“traffic” includes vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, and bodies of troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
vehicle
Defined · s 2“vehicle” means any vehicle, including a trailer, constructed, adapted or capable of being used on roads, whether mechanically propelled or not.