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Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)Chapter IV : Points demerit system29. Categorisation of offences, infringements and demerit points |
The Minister, acting with the concurrence of the Minister of Justice and the MEC of each province, may for the purpose of this Act—
| (a) | prescribe infringements and offences; |
[Section 29(a) substituted by section 15 of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 4 of 2019), Notice No. 1080, GG42648, dated 19 August 2019 - shall come into operation, (a) 1 December 2025 and, (b) 1 April 2026 respectively, per Proclamation 272 of GG53099, dated 1 August 2025 except for section 2(g)]
| (b) | prescribe the penalty, expressed as a single unit or multiple units accorded a monetary value, which must be imposed for each infringement, as contemplated in section 31; |
| (c) | prescribe the demerit points which are incurred for each offence or infringement, as contemplated in section 24; and |
| (d) | prescribe the total number of demerit points which, if exceeded, disqualifies a person from driving or operating any motor vehicle as contemplated in section 25. |
[Section 29 shall come into operation (a) 1 December 2025 and, (b) 1 April 2026 respectively per Proclamation 274 of GG53099, dated 1 August 2025 as shown in Annexures A and B]
