Section 85 of Traffic Act CAP 403: Driving under influence of drink

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...

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

(1) Application for the licensing of any motor vehicle as a public service vehicle shall be made by the registered owner of the vehicle. (2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made to a...

(1) The licensing officer, if he is satisfied that the provisions of subsection (3) of section 96 have been complied with, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue such licence as may be...

(1) A person shall not drive or act as the conductor of a public service vehicle on a road unless he is licensed for the purpose under this Part, and a person shall not employ or permit any person who...

(1) Any licence issued under this Part may be cancelled at any time by the Authority if he is satisfied that, by reason of the conduct of the holder of such licence or the condition of any vehicle in...

(1) The Authority shall in respect of any public service vehicle determine the maximum number of passengers, whether sitting or standing, and the weight of baggage or goods allowed to be carried at...

(1) Where, at any place on its scheduled route, a motor omnibus is, by reference to the relevant timetable, more than four hours late, owing to a breakdown or any fault or neglect of the owner or his...

(1) No person shall cause or permit any private hire vehicle to ply for hire on any taxi rank, road, car park or other public place. (2) No person shall own, drive or be in charge of any taxicab...

(1) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining passengers for any publicservice vehicle, make any noise or sound any instrument, or do anything which causes or is likely to cause annoyance,...

(1) Every driver and every conductor of a public service vehicle shall wear a special badge and uniform. (2) The uniform referred to in subsection (1) shall be prescribed by the Registrar of Motor...

(1) A person, including a passenger, shall not ride on a motor cycle of any kind, class or description without wearing a helmet and a jacket that has reflectors. (2) A person who rides a motor cycle...

(1) A person who, while not being the designated driver of a public servicevehicle, drives the vehicle while not being authorised to do so commits an offence. (2) The driver of a public service...

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provisions of this Part shall be guilty of an offence and liable, where no penalty is specifically provided, to a fine of not more than ten...

(1) It shall be lawful for any police officer in uniform to stop any vehicle, and forany police officer, licensing officer or inspector— (a) to enter any vehicle; (b) to drive any vehicle or cause...

(1) A driver of a public service vehicle or a commercial vehicle shall, after everythree years from the date of issue of a driving license pursuant to section 30, or renewal of such license, whichever...

(1) Where any vehicle is found in use on a road in contravention of the provisions of this Act, or where any vehicle has been left on any road or other public place in such circumstances as to make it...

It shall be lawful for any police officer to detain at a police station or other place of safety any vehicle which has been removed from a road or other public place under section 106 until such...

(1) If in any proceedings under this Act any question arises as to whether a vehicle does or does not comply with any provisions of this Act, the certificate of an inspector to the effect that he has...

In any proceedings under this Act, an extract from the records of registered vehicles, certified under the hand of a licensing officer, may be received in evidence although the licensing officer is...

The owner of any vehicle and any other person who is able to provide such information shall, as soon as reasonably possible and in any case within seven days after having received a verbal or written...

(1) Any person who employs any other person to drive a motor vehicle shallkeep a written record of the name, address and driving licence number of such other person. (2) Such record shall be...

Any person to whom any application is made for anything to be done under this Act may require any facts stated in the information to be verified to his satisfaction.

Any person who makes any statement which to his knowledge is false or in any respect misleading in connexion with any information lawfully demanded or required under this Act shall be guilty of an...

(1) Any person who fraudulently imitates, alters, mutilates, destroys or uses, or fraudulently lends or allows to be used by any other person, any licence, document, plate or mark issued or prescribed...

Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in any Act contained, it shall be lawful for a court to accept the particulars of endorsements on any licence issued in compliance with this Act as prima...

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of or provisions in any Act contained, it shall be lawful for any police officer to serve, either personally or by registered post, upon any person who is...

(1) The Minister may prescribe— (a) a schedule of minor traffic offences (in this section referred to as "the scheduled minor offences") which may be dealt with and prosecuted in accordance with the...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a person is convicted of an offence specified in the Schedule, the court may, in addition to any penalty, order— (a) that the demerit points specified in that...

In each police division, the Officer Commanding Police Division shall be responsible for traffic matters within the division and all police officers shall be responsible for traffic matters.

(1) Any person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with theprovisions of this Act, or who acts in contravention of or who fails to comply with the conditions of any licence, order, demand,...

(1) A municipal council, and a county council, may make by-laws—( a) for controlling taxicabs within its area; (b) for fixing the number of taxicabs permitted in its area; (c) for requiring the...

(1) The Minister may make rules prescribing— (a) anything required by this Act to be prescribed; (b) the forms to be used for any purposes of this Act; (c) the weight of goods and passengers, the...

The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, suspend, restrict or limit the application of any of the provisions of this Act or of any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, either generally...