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Browse Acts ↓(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 shall be signed by the applicant. (2) Subject to subsection (3) of section 30, any person holding a…
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 forces lawfully present in Kenya for the purpose of driving service vehicles while on duty, and he ma…
(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 of this section, “driving licence or provisional licence” includes such other evidence as will satis…
(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 official stamp of the Registrar. (2) The signature of the licence holder shall also be affixed to 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 holder a duplicate licence or provisional licence: Provided that where any licence or provisional lic…
(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 include a test of the applicant's- (a) knowledge of the rules of the road; (b) knowledge of recognized roa…
(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 suffering from a disease or disability likely to, cause the driving by him of a motor vehicle to be a so…
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 not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and…
(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 as the maximum speed for that class of vehicle. (2) On a vehicle subject to a speed restriction unde…
(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 first or second conviction for an offence under this section shall not render the offender liable to be…
(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 incapable of having proper control of the vehicle, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine no…
(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 and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not e…
(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 offence and shallbe liable— (a) for a first conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thre…
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 position or manner or in such a condition as to be dangerous to the public, having regard to all the…
(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, condition and use of the road and the amount of traffic which is at the time or which might reasonab…
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 guilty of an offence under section 47, he may be found guilty of such offence.
(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 liable— (a) for a first offence, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one hund…
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 or dangerous driving or to careless driving, he shall not be convicted unless— (a) he was warned at…
(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 ignition engine, light amber mineral fuel oil or a substitute therefore which is approved by the Minister…
(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 indications given by any traffic sign; and (c) stop his vehicle on being so required by a police officer…
(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 area; or (b) contravenes or fails to comply with any traffic sign relating to that bay or area as to…
(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, municipality or city except— (a) when unloading; or (b) in an area designated by the Minister for parking…
(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 the contrary is expressly provided in this Act, every vehicle on a road, when not in motion, shall be…
(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 on a road. (2) A person convicted of an offence under this section shall, unless the court for spec…
(1) No vehicle shall be used on a road unless such vehicle and all parts andequipment thereof, including lights and tyres, comply with the requirements of this Act, and such parts and equipment shall at all times be maintained in such a condition that the driving of the vehicle is not likely to be a…
(1) No vehicle shall be used on a road with a load greater than the loadspecified by the manufacturer of the chassis of the vehicle or than the load capacity determined by an inspector under this Act. (2) No vehicle shall be used on a road if it is loaded in such a manner as tomake it a danger to ot…
(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 or dimensions provided for by rules made under this Act; (b) for the carriage by a vehicle on a road o…
(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 thousand or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both: Provided that rules under this…
(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 position as to be likely to interfere with the safe driving of such motor vehicle; and in the event of a con…
(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 sitting astride the motorcycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the motorcycle behind the dri…