Clause 4
New section 29A
of Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill
The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 29 thereof the following new section: —“Drivers and pillion riders of motor cycles to wear protective helmets29A.—
On or after the 1st day of January 1971, every person who drives or is carried on a motor cycle shall wear securely on his head a protective helmet of a type approved by the Minister.
No person shall sell or offer for sale or has in his possession for sale any protective helmet which is not of a type approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section.
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.