AN ACT f urlht r IQ amend the M ol or Ve/!icle$ JllSUrafICe (T hird Party R iJk!) OrditlafICe (Cap. 165) BE IT ENACTED by the President. by and with the advice and conscnt at the Howt of Representatives, ill thb prestn t Parliament assembled. and by t~ authority of the same as fol1~-

I assent

AOATHA B AR6AM

President

12th De<.'ember, 1986

ACT No, XU of 1986

AN ACT f urlht r IQ amend the M ol or Ve/!icle$ JllSUrafICe (T hird Party

R iJk!) OrditlafICe (Cap. 165)

BE IT ENACTED by the President. by and with the advice and

conscnt at the Howt of Representatives, ill thb prestn t Parliament

assembled. and by t~ authority of the same as fol1~-

I. Thili Act may be cited a~ the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third

Pa lly Risk,) (Amendment) Ac!. 1986 and shall be read and OODStrued

as one wilh the Motor Vehicles Insurance <Third Part)' Risks) Ordi.

nance, herei noftcr referred to as "the principa l law".

Section 3 of the principal!aw shall be amended as follows

la) for subsection (2) thereof. there shall be substituted the

followi", subsoc:tioos

'.(2) If a person acts in contraven lion of this se<ction he

~hall on convklioo be liable -

(a) in the caso of a first offence, to I fine !.mul/a) of

nOI less than Lm2SO bul not ellceecii", LmSOO or to lm·

prisonlIH'nl for I term 001 ellceeciing three months. or ID

both such fine Ind imprisonmCTlt

(h) in the case of a second offence. to I fme (mu/ta)

of nOI less thin Lm SOO but not exceeding Lm7SO or 10

impri sonment for a term not ellceeding six months. or 10

both such fine and impri~nment

(cl in the Cllse of a third or subsequenl offence, to a

fine Imlll,a) of nOl less tha n Lm7SO but not ellceeding

Lm I 000 or 10 imprlllOllmen t for a tcrm not exceeding one

yu r. or 10 both such tine and imprisonment. and -

(D where the offence c0D5islS in the use of "

motor vehicle on a road by a pcIliOIl who is the

OWII<"1" of the motor vehicle or In employee or, or a

membe r of tile family of and li~jng wiLb. Ihe owner

of the moIor ve hicle. when Ihere is not in force a

policy of insurance in respect of sucll vehide as com-

plies wilh the require ments of Ihis Ordinancc. the

Court shaH, in additiOfl to the punishmcn t~ laid down

in this sub.paragra ph, order Ihe forfei tu re of th e

motor ~ehicle:;

(iil where the offence. as aforesa id . is commi t-

ted by any other person, the Coon sh all. io additiOfl

to the p!lnishmen lS laid down in this liub-paragl'llph,

impol5C a further fine (mulla) equivalent to the value

of the mmor vehicle.

(2A) A persou cOIl"ic\cd of an off~nce under Ih is .section

shaH \unless the Court for special reasons th ink fi t to order

otherwise and withoul prejudice to the power 01 the Cour l to

order a longer period of disqua lifica tionl be disqua lified frO!tl

holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of Iwelve

months from the date of Ihe conviclion

Provided thal if tile executi(Nl of the jud&mcot orderiO¥

the conviction is Slayed in view of the dedared inlentioo 01 the

person convicted 10 enter an appeal against l uch judgment.

the period of disqualification shall co mmence to run _

(a) if it is confirmed or reduced by the judgment of

the Court of Cri minal Appeal. from the dale of such

judgmenl;

tb) if an applicalioo of appeal is oot filed within the

time e$tablished by Jaw, from lhe day ne~1 followi ng Ihe

day OIl wh ich such time expires'.

(c) if the appeal is withdrawn by note, from [he day

when such nme is filed in Ihe Court or. if the appeal is

otherwise abondoned after Ihe filing of the application

of appeal, from such day 115 the Court of Criminal A ppeal

shall. 011 application of the Commis.sioner of Pol ice,

establish.

(281 The provi~ions of sedon 2JA of the Criminal Code

and nlthe Probatioo of Offenders Act. 1957, shaD not apply

in respect of any offence Mgainst Ihe provisions of this section ....

3, m Sections S, IS and 18 (of Ihe principal law) are hereby R<t><at ond

repea led aod the other ~tions of the princi pal la .... mcDlioned in the fol- .meo>d .... n' of

low;ng provi sions of Ihis section shall have effect subjC(:t to Ihe amend, Ot

ments therein specified

(3) in subM:ction (\ I of $Cclion 3, Ihe words "or such a lI«urit, in

$C(:urity". shall be deleted

ib) in subsection (2) of section 4, the words "or by the o .... ner policy of

of a motor vehicle in re lat ion 10 the user of which a .security under in",,,,,,,,,,.

this Ordinan~ is in force. or wllo has nlpde a dCp05;1 under Ihis

Ordinance", and the words "or such owner", wherever they OIXur.

shall be deleted;

(c)

in section 6 -

ti) for the words "i n a policy or securily is.sued or given"

there shall be substituted the wonb "in a policy issue.r;

iiil the words "or security" wherever they oth erwise

occur. the wurds "or ~tured" and the "',ords "or the givcr of

the KCllri ly" shall be deleted.

Id) in section 7, the words ··or the necessary KCIIrity" sha ll

be deleted;

in substttiun 14\ 01 section 8, the words "or certifica te uf

Ic\

~uri ty" sball be delcted;

in section 19 -

(f)

(i) the words "or certificate of ~curity" in subsections (1).

131 and (4) thereof; and the words ~or of a certificaTe of IICCU-

ri ty" in subseetion (2) thereof shall be deleted; l od

lii) in ~ubsection (5) thereof. fOf" The words "the e~pres­

siuns ·certificate of insurance' Hnd ·certificate of security'''

there shall be substituted the words ·'thc e~prc:s,ion 'ccrtificate

of insunlllce' ", and the words "or a certificate 01 KCllrity"

shall be deleted;

Igl in section 23. pIIragraph (b), the words "and certificates

01 JC(:urity" shall be deleted.

.... For Ihe words " before or within ~'eo days after the com-

me ncemen t of The proceedings in whkh the judgment was given" in

paragraph (a\ of subsection (2) of section 10 of the principal law, there

shall be substituted the words "before or wi thin 5C'~en dayJ after the

cooclusion 01 the evidence of the plaintiff in the proceedings in whkh

the judgment was gi'·en".

Minrlok il·kliem "qabcl jew fj zmien Mlbal ijiem Wafa li jibda Il""",d. la'

(·prOCCdiment li rih tkun tiel moglltija ~nlen1.a" fil·patagrafu (a) las- l",rtikolu 10

subanikolu (2) ta' l-anikolu 10 tal .• ii' prinCipaJi gllandhom jid1llu lal-U;;

I·klicm "qabcl jew fi tmien Mlbal ijiem wara tmjem il-provi ta' I-attur 1'iI.

prOCCdimenl 1i till tkun tiel moglll ija ~nlenla".

5, Fiwubani kolu ill ta' l-an ilol u 12 \.II1.li&; prinCipali, ",innutill tl .......... la'

waD I·puragrafu llll licgllu. gbandllom jidt\lu da wn il·paragrnfi ,odda li l·..,.li\:olu l~

gejjin

"(i) il·kulur tal·venura

Ij ) (·(lI1t ta' min ikun Qed isuq a,vellum;",

MiJloddi mill· Kam ra Il1d,Deputali fii-Scdula Nru. 409 lat·) la' Di~mbru, 1986.

P AUl. XUUEII

SptQlrD"

P . M USCAT TERR18LLE

Agenl Sirjl'1Uf l(l/·Kamra lod-Dep"lafi

In subsectioo (1) of section 12 of the pri ncipalluw . immed iately

after pera,!l"aph (h) thereof. there shall be inserted the following new

paragrapbs

"HI the colour of the vehicles

(j) the age of the person dri vinj: the vehicle;".

Passed by the House of RepresrntHtives al Siltin¥ No. 409 of the 3rd ~mber,

PAUL XUEll.ElI

Speaker

P . M USCAT TERllJllLE

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