ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 61
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 61
61 . Dangerous driving
(1) Every person who
drives a motor vehicle in a manner (which expression includes speed) that is,
having regard to all the circumstances of the case, dangerous to the public or
to any person commits an offence.
(2) A person charged
with an offence against this section may, instead of being convicted of that
offence, be convicted of an offence against section 62 or 62A.
(3) A person convicted
of an offence against this section is liable —
(a)
unless paragraph (b) applies —
(i)
for a first offence — to a fine of 60 PU;
(ii)
for a subsequent offence — to a fine of 120 PU or
to imprisonment for 9 months; and, in any event, the court convicting the
person must order that the offender is disqualified from holding or obtaining
a driver’s licence for a period of not less than 12 months;
(b) if
the offence is committed in the circumstance of aggravation referred to in
section 49AB(1)(c) — to a fine of 720 PU or to imprisonment for 3 years;
and, in any event, the court convicting the person must order that the
offender is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence
for a period of not less than 2 years.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3), where a person is convicted of an offence against this
section any offence previously committed by him against section 59, 59A, 60,
as in force from time to time, or 60A shall be taken into account and be
deemed to have been an offence against this section (but not to the exclusion
of any other previous offence against this section) in determining whether
that first-mentioned offence is a first or subsequent offence.
[Section 61 amended: No. 11 of 1988 s. 24; No. 78
of 1995 s. 147; No. 50 of 1997 s. 13; No. 50 of 2003 s. 92(2); No. 54 of 2006
s. 13; No. 23 of 2009 s. 6; No. 59 of 2012 s. 10; No. 51 of 2016 s. 9.]