ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 79A
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 79A
79A . Impounding offence (driver’s licence), police powers to impound vehicle used in
(1) If a police
officer reasonably suspects that, while driving a vehicle, the driver has
committed an impounding offence (driver’s licence), the police officer
must, unless in the circumstances it is impracticable to do so, seize and
impound the vehicle within a period of 28 days after the day of the offence.
(2) The period for
which the vehicle is impounded ends on the 28 th day after the day on which
the vehicle is impounded.
[Section 79A inserted: No. 23 of 2009 s. 12;
amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 37 and 38; No. 51 of 2016 s. 21.]