Section 9 of Traffic Act CAP 403: Change of ownership

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, a licensing officer shall not register a motor vehicle unless the owner of the vehicle satisfies him— (a) that the vehicle has been lawfully exported from...

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any vehicle, class or description of vehicle from the provisions of this Part.

(1) No motor vehicle or trailer registered under this Act or driven under the authority of a general dealer’s licence shall be used on a road unless there is fixed thereto in the prescribed manner the...

The owner of a vehicle shall, when requested by a police officer, produce for inspection, either immediately to the police officer or within five days of the request being made, at a police station...

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Part shall be guilty of an offence and liable on first conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to...

(1) No person shall own or possess a motor vehicle or trailer, or use it on a road,unless such vehicle or trailer is licensed under and in accordance with this Part. (2) Where the owner or person in...

(1) An application for a license under this Part shall be made to a licensingofficer in the prescribed form accompanied by the fee payable and the vehicle registration book. (2) Every vehicle more...

(1) A licensing officer shall issue a licence only if he is satisfied— (a) that the vehicle is duly registered; and (b) that the particulars in the registration book are correct; and (c) that the...

(1) Where— (a) an inspector issues an inspection report for the purposes of section 17(2) showing that a motor vehicle or trailer complies with the provisions of this Act and of any rules made...

Every vehicle licence shall be in the prescribed form.

(1) Vehicle licences; other than a dealer’s general licence, may be issued forsuch periods and upon payment of such fees as may be prescribed: Provided that, where a period is so prescribed, a...

No vehicle which is required to be licensed shall be used on a road unless the licence, which shall be legible and in no way defaced, is carried on the vehicle in the prescribed manner.

(1) Every vehicle licensed under this Act shall, in addition to carrying the licenceas required by section 20 of this Act, carry in the prescribed manner a vehicle licence certificate issued by the...

If a vehicle licence or vehicle licence certificate is lost, defaced, mutilated or rendered illegible, the Authority shall issue a duplicate licence or vehicle licence certificate on payment of the...

(1) The holder of a vehicle licence shall apply for a new licence— (a) where he desires to use the vehicle for any purpose not authorized by the licence; and (b) where the vehicle is so altered that...

(1) The Authority may issue to a dealer in, or manufacturer or repairer of,motor vehicles, upon application in the prescribed form and upon payment of the prescribed fees, such number of dealer’s...

(1) No vehicle shall be used on any road under the authority of a dealer’s general licence— (a) to convey passengers or goods for profit or reward; (b) to carry or convey any goods whatsoever except...

(1) A dealer’s general licence shall continue in force until the 31st Decembernext following the date of issue. (2) Every dealer’s general licence shall cease to be valid if the dealer ceasesto carry...

(1) The Authority may at any time cancel a dealer’s general licence for a breachof any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder which relate to dealer’s general...

A dealer’s general licence shall not be used for any purpose other than a purpose provided for in this Act, and shall not be transferred or assigned to any other person without the authority of the...

Where under this Part a licence is required and has not been obtained, a sum equal to the prescribed fee payable in respect of such licence shall be due and owing to the Registrar by the person...

(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisionsof this Part shall be guilty of an offence and liable on first conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or...

(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle of any class on a road unless he is the holder of a valid driving licence or a provisional licence endorsed in respect of that class of vehicle. (2) No...

(1) A licensing officer shall not grant an applicant a driving licence endorsed in respect of any class of motor vehicle unless the applicant— (a) satisfies the licensing officer that he has passed a...

(1) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of section 31, a licensing officer may grant an applicant for a driving licence a provisional licence endorsed in respect of any class or classes of motor vehicle...

(1) No driving licence or provisional licence shall be granted to any person— (a) under the age of sixteen years; (b) under the age of eighteen years, except in respect of motorcycles;...

(1) Applications for driving licences and provisional licences shall be made toa licensing officer in the prescribed form, accompanied by the prescribed fee, and the particulars required in such form...

Notwithstanding this Part, the Minister may make rules prescribing special terms and conditions for the issue of driving licences to members of the armed forces or any foreign military, naval or air...

(1) Any person driving a motor vehicle on a road shall carry his driving licenceor provisional licence, and, on being so required by a police officer, produce it for examination. (2) For the purposes...

(1) Driving licences and provisional licences shall be in the prescribed form,and there shall be affixed to each driving licence a photograph of the licence holder which shall be impressed with the...

If a driving licence or provisional licence is lost, defaced or mutilated, the Authority shall upon application being made in the prescribed form and upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the...

(1) Driving tests for the purpose of this Act shall be conducted by driving testexaminers. (2) Driving tests shall be carried out in such manner as the Minister may direct,but shall in any case...

(1) Upon application by a police office of or above the rank of Superintendent, the Authority may— (a) revoke the driving licence of any person who appears, in the opinion of the Authority, to be...

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Part shall be guilty of an offence and liable, where no penalty is specifically provided, on first conviction to a fine...

(1) No person shall drive, or, being the owner or person in charge of a vehicle, cause or permit any other person to drive, a vehicle on a road at a speed greater than such speed as may be prescribed...

(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of section 42 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings. (2) A...

(1) Any person who, when driving or attempting to drive, or when in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be...

(1) Any person who, when driving or in charge of, or during any period of dutyin connexion with the driving of, a public service vehicle, drinks any intoxicating liquor shall be guilty of an offence...

(1) No person shall, in order to avoid a buildup of traffic on a road, drive a motorvehicle on, or through, a pavement or a pedestrian walkway. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an...

Any person who causes the death of another by driving a motor vehicle on a road recklessly or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, or by leaving any vehicle on a road in such a...

(1) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on a road recklessly, or at speed, or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature,...

Upon the trial of a person who is charged with manslaughter in connection with the driving of a motor vehicle by him, or with an offence under section 46, if the court is satisfied that such person is...

(1) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on a road without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road shall be guilty of an offence and...

Where a person is prosecuted for an offence under any of the sections of this Act, other than section 46, relating respectively to the maximum speed at which motor vehicles may be driven, to reckless...

(1) No fuel shall be used in any motor vehicle except that specified in the vehicle licence in respect of such vehicle or, in the case of a motor vehicle the motor unit of which is a compression...

(1) The driver of a vehicle shall at all times— (a) obey any directions given, whether verbally or by signal, by a police officer in uniform, in the execution of his duty; and (b) conform to the...

(1) Any person who, being the driver of a vehicle, in any parking bay or parking area— (a) leaves the vehicle for a period in excess of the time prescribed by any traffic sign relating to that bay or...

(1) No vehicle carrying explosives, ammunition, petroleum or any inflammable substance shall remain stationary for more than fifteen minutes within the boundaries of a trading centre, township,...

(1) No vehicle shall be allowed to remain in any position on any road so as to obstruct or to be likely to obstruct or cause inconvenience or danger to other traffic using the road, and, save where...

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person, without the written consent of thehighway authority and of the Commissioner of Police, to promote or take part in any race or trial of speed between vehicles...