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35A.
—(1) The Deputy Commissioner of Police may revoke a driving licence if —
(a)
within a period of 12 months from the date of the grant of the licence, the record of the holder of the licence (as kept by the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section) as a driver of motor vehicles establishes that it would not be in the interests of public safety for him to continue to hold the licence, or that he is not competent to drive a motor vehicle;
(b)
the holder of the licence —
(i)
had, at any time before being granted that licence, committed an offence while driving a motor vehicle of a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of another driving licence held by him at the time; and
(ii)
after being granted the first-mentioned licence, is dealt with by the court or the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the offence referred to in sub-paragraph (i) in such manner as would, by virtue of any rules relating to the prescribed test of competence leading to the grant of the first-mentioned licence, have caused him to be disallowed from taking such test had he been so dealt with for that offence before he took that test; or
(c)
the Deputy Commissioner of Police becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required or permitted him to refuse to grant a driving licence to any person, had the Deputy Commissioner of Police been aware of the circumstance immediately before granting the driving licence.
(2) For the purpose of establishing that it would not be in the interests of public safety for a person to hold a valid driving licence or that such person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle, the Minister may make rules establishing a system of awarding points against a person for the commission of an offence under this Act.
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(3) The rules made under subsection (2) shall specify the maximum number of points to be awarded against a person before it may be established that it would not be in the interests of public safety for him to hold a valid driving licence or that such person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle.
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(4) The power conferred upon the Deputy Commissioner of Police by this section to revoke the driving licence of a person may be exercised at such time as the Deputy Commissioner of Police thinks fit after the maximum number of points, referred to in subsection (3), has been awarded against such person.
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(5) Where the points awarded against a person under the rules made under subsection (2) reach 50% of the maximum number at which the Deputy Commissioner of Police may revoke the driving licence of such person under this section, the Deputy Commissioner of Police shall give notice thereof in writing to the person.
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(6) Where a person is disqualified by an order of a court from holding or obtaining a driving licence for such period of time as may be specified in the order, every point awarded against him under the rules made under subsection (2) shall thereupon be cancelled.
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(7) Where a holder of a valid driving licence commits on a single occasion more than one offence under this Act, points shall be awarded against him only for the offence committed by him and in respect of which the largest number of points may be awarded against a person.
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(8) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to have committed an offence under this Act if he pays the prescribed penalty for that offence under section 132.
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