Section 191: Fixed Penalty Notice

191. Fixed Penalty Notice (1) Where a person commits an offence specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule, the police officer, road transport inspector or traffic warden who detects the offence shall – (a) immediately serve a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) on that person calling upon him to pay, within Acts 2018 483 28 days from the date of the offence, the appropriate fine specified in that Schedule; (b) where that person refuses the FPN under paragraph (a), serve, within 10 days of the date of the offence, the FPN by sending it by registered post to that person’s usual or last known place of residence or business address, calling upon him to pay, within 28 days from the date of the offence, the appropriate fine specified in that Schedule, to the appropriate District Court. (2) The FPN shall be in the form set out in the Seventh Schedule and be drawn up in quadruplicate. (3) The police officer, road transport inspector or traffic warden who detects the offence shall – (a) serve or cause to be served the original of the FPN on the offender; (b) forward one copy of the FPN to the Commissioner of Police or the Commissioner, as the case may be; (c) forward one copy of the FPN to the appropriate District Court; and (d) retain the fourth copy of the FPN. (4) Nothing in this section shall invalidate any FPN served prior to the commencement of this section and that FPN shall continue to be dealt with in accordance with the repealed section 191.