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National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Chapter II : Application of Act and minimum requirements

3J. Failure to comply with instruction or direction of inspector of Iicences, traffic officer, examiner of vehicles or peace officer

 

1) No person shall—
a) fail to comply with any instruction or direction given to him or her by an inspector of licences, traffic officer or examiner of vehicles, or obstruct, hinder or interfere with any inspector of licences, traffic officer or examiner of vehicles in the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty in terms of this Act;
b) fail to comply with any instruction or direction given to him or her by a peace officer, or obstruct, hinder or interfere with any peace officer in the exercise of any power relating to a provision of this Act assigned to him or her in terms of section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977); or
c) in order to compel a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) to perform or to refrain from performing any act in respect of the exercise of his or her powers or the performance of his or her duties, or on account of such person having performed or refrained from performing such an act, threaten or suggest the use of violence against or restraint upon such person or any of his or her relatives or defendants, or threaten or suggest any injury to the property of such person or of any of his or her relatives or defendants.

 

2) Whenever the production of any document which is not required to be affixed to a vehicle or to be kept with him or her in a vehicle by any person, is demanded under sections 3F(b), 3F(g) or 3I(i), the production thereof at any police station or office set aside by a competent authority for use by a traffic officer or peace officer, within a period of seven days after being so demanded, shall be deemed to be sufficient compliance with the demand.

 

3) Whenever any document is produced under subsection (2) at any police station or office referred to in that subsection, the officer in charge of such police station or office so set aside, shall accordingly forthwith notify the officer who made the demand concerned and shall issue an acknowledgement of production of such document to the person producing it.

 

4) Where a document is not produced under subsection (2) and any process is to be handed to or served upon a person in terms of section 54 or 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, an inspector of licences, traffic officer or peace officer may require the imprint of the left thumb of the person to whom the process relates on such process, and such person shall be obliged to furnish such imprint in the manner and at such a place or places on the document or copies thereof as directed by the inspector or officer concerned: Provided that if it is not possible to obtain the left thumb print of such person, the imprint of any other finger may be required, in which case tie finger so used shall be identified in writing by the inspector or officer concerned under each imprint of such finger.