Clause 23

Except as otherwise provided by this Ordinance or by any rules made thereunder, it shall not be lawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle of any class or description on a road at a speed greater than any speed which may be prescribed as the maximum speed in relation to a vehicle of that class or description.

The Minister may by notification in the Gazette prohibit the driving of motor vehicles generally or of particular classes of motor vehicles above a specified speed over any specified road or part of a specified road either generally or for a specified time or times:Provided that such prohibition shall unless renewed by notification in the Gazette in no case remain in force for a longer period than three years.

So long as any prohibition made under subsection (2) of this section remains in force, the Minister may cause or permit to be placed or erected and maintained traffic signs which shall state the substance of the notification in the Gazette containing such prohibition and which shall be placed in such positions as shall give adequate notice thereof to drivers of motor vehicles.

A person who drives a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding any speed limit imposed by or in exercise of powers conferred by this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance.

A first or second conviction for driving a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding a speed limit imposed by or under any written law shall not render the person convicted liable to be disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence.

The court may order particulars of any conviction under subsection (4) of this section to be endorsed on any driving licence held by the person convicted.