Section 56 of Traffic Act CAP 403: Limitation of loads

(1) A highway authority may grant a permit subject to such conditions as maybe specified therein— (a) for the use on a road of a vehicle the weight or dimensions of which exceeds the maximum weight...

(1) Any person who drives or uses on a road a vehicle in contravention of the provisions of section 55 or section 56 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding four hundred...

(1) No person in a motor vehicle shall molest or obstruct the driver of the motorvehicle while it is in motion. (2) In no motor vehicle shall passengers be carried in such numbers or in sucha...

(1) It shall not be lawful for more than one person in addition to the driverto be carried on any two-wheeled motorcycle, nor shall it be lawful for any such one person to be so carried otherwise than...

(1) Except for the purpose of testing or repairing a motor vehicle, no person shallride or be carried on the footboard, tailboard, steps, mudguards, canopy, roofing or elsewhere on the outside of any...

No person, otherwise than with lawful authority or reasonable cause, shall take or retain hold of, or get on or off, a motor vehicle or trailer while in motion on any road.

No person shall throw any object at any vehicle or at any person in or on such vehicle, nor shall he place any object on any road nor by any means impede the progress of any vehicle whereby injury or...

No person shall, without the knowledge or permission of the owner, or without reasonable excuse, get on to a motor vehicle or trailer, or attempt to manipulate any of the levers, the starter, brakes...

(1) If any person, whether employed by the owner or not, takes and drives away any motor vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof or other lawful authority, he shall be guilty of an offence...

No person shall— (a) leave unattended on a road any motor vehicle with the engine running; (b) quit any vehicle without having taken due precautions against its moving along the road from its...

(1) No person shall drive a public service vehicle or a commercial vehicle formore than a total of eight hours in any period of twenty-four hours. (2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply...

Where— (a) a person is convicted of an offence in respect of which the court may or shall order particulars of the conviction to be endorsed on any driving licence held by him; and (b) that 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, where no penalty is specifically provided, on first conviction to a...

(1) The Minister shall prepare a code (in this section referred to as the highway code) comprising such directions as appear to him to be proper for the guidance of persons using roads, and may from...

Without prejudice to any powers or duties of the police under this Act or any other Act, it shall be the duty of the police— (a) to regulate all traffic and to keep order and prevent obstruction in...

(1) The Inspector-General of the Police may, by notice in the Gazette, designate a place along a public road on which a police roadblock may be mounted. (2) A roadblock shall not be mounted in a...

(1) Subject to and in conformity with such general or other directions as maybe given by the Minister, a highway authority may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed on or near a road. (1A)...

(1) It shall be lawful for the highway authority or its authorized representative, for the purpose of preventing damage being caused to any road or for the purpose of carrying out any works which it...

If any injury to a bridge or road is caused through any contravention of this Act, it shall be lawful for the highway authority to make good such injury and to recover the cost thereof from the owner...

(1) A local authority may, by by-laws— (a) designate parking places on roads, within its area of jurisdiction for vehicles or vehicles of any particular class or description, having regard to both...

(1) There shall be paid to the local authority in respect of a vehicle left in a designated parking place charges calculated in accordance with this section or in such other manner as the local...

(1) Where an excess charge has been incurred in respect of a vehicle, aninspector shall attach to the vehicle in a conspicuous position a notice, which shall contain the prescribed...

Notwithstanding this Part— (a) a vehicle may be left in a space in a parking place without payment of the initial charge if the parking meter for the space does not show the specified...

(1) An inspector may place a cover bearing the words “Meter Out of Use” over any parking meter or parking meter case in or adjacent to a designated parking place— (a) if the parking meter is out of...

Where parking meters are installed in a designated parking place, it shall be the duty of the local authority to take the prescribed steps to ensure that they are maintained in good working order, and...

(1) Where— (a) a vehicle is left in a designated parking place, and any initial charge or excess charge which is thereby incurred is not duly paid; or (b) a vehicle is left in a designated parking...

The exercise by a local authority of its powers under this Part shall not render the local authority liable in respect of any loss or damage to any vehicle or to the contents or fittings thereof.

In this Part— “excess charge” means the charge called an excess charge in section 72B(3) (including an excess charge payable in the circumstances described in section 72C(3)); “initial charge” means...

Without prejudice to its powers to make by-laws under section 72A, a local authority may— (a) provide parking places on roads or on other places under its control, within its area of jurisdiction,...

(1) If, in any case, owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs whereby injury or damage is caused to any person, vehicle, dog or cattle, the driver of the motor vehicle...

Where an accident arises out of the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, any police officer may inspect any vehicle in connexion with which the accident arose, and for that purpose may enter at any...

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 five thousand shillings or to...

(1) Any court before which a person is convicted of any offence in connection with the driving of a motor vehicle may— (a) if the person convicted holds a driving licence or provisional driving...

An appeal shall lie against any order made by a court under section 76 in the same manner as against a conviction, and the court making the order or the court to which the appeal lies may suspend the...

(1) In any case where a court under any provisions of this Act has ordered the suspension of a driving licence or provisional driving licence, the, licence shall be deemed to be cancelled in respect...

(1) Where a person is charged with an offence under this Act for which the penalty may be or shall include disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence, or suspension, cancellation or...

(1) Where a court orders particulars to be endorsed on a driving licence orprovisional driving licence held by any person, or whereby a conviction or order of a court such a licence is cancelled, the...

If any person who under this Part is disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence or provisional driving licence applies for or obtains a licence while he is so disqualified, or if any...

On the issue of a driving licence or provisional driving licence to any person, the particulars endorsed on any previous licence held by him shall be inserted in the new licence, unless he has...

If any person whose driving licence or provisional driving licence has been ordered to be endorsed, and who has not previously become entitled under section 84 to have a licence issued to him free...

Where a person in respect of whom an order has been made under this Part requiring the endorsement of any licence or provisional driving licence held by him has during a continuous period of three...

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

Any person who on any road or in any public place drives any vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, recklessly or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the...

Any person who on any road or in any public place drives a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, without due care or attention, or in such a manner as to be an annoyance to the public, shall be guilty...

Any person driving or conducting any cattle, dog or other animal who, on any road, fails to exercise reasonable care to keep it or them under proper control, or allows such cattle, dog or animal to...

(1) Not more than one person shall be carried in addition to the rider on anybicycle, nor shall any such one person be so carried otherwise than sitting on a carrier securely fixed to the bicycle or...

(1) No owner or person in charge of a vehicle drawn by animals shall allow ananimal which is of materially defective vision to be used for drawing such vehicle on a road. (2) No person shall do any...

(1) Every person who, without the written permission of the highway authority— (a) encroaches on a road or on any land reserved therefore at the side or sides thereof by making or erecting any...

(1) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used on any road any vehicle or trailer having ribbed, studded or spiked wheels or fitted with chain or crawler type metal track: Provided that this...

(1) The highway authority shall not be liable for any loss or damage which maybe caused to any person or property through the condition of a road or the failure of a road to sustain the weight of a...