Section 191: Fixed Penalty Notice

191. Fixed Penalty Notice (1) Where a person commits an offence specified in the first column of the Fourth Schedule, the police officer, road transport officer or traffic warden who detects the offence shall require the driver of the motor vehicle involved to elect whether to accept a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) or to be reported with a view to proceedings being taken against him before a Court. (2) Where the driver elects to accept a FPN pursuant to subsection (1), one copy of the FPN, in the form set out in the Seventh Schedule and drawn up in quadruplicate, shall immediately be served on him, calling upon him to – (a) pay, within 21 days, the appropriate fine specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule to the appropriate District Court; (b) sign, at the time of payment, his agreement in writing that the penalty points applicable to the offence shall be allocated to him in accordance with subsection (4). (3) The person who detected the offence shall – (a) forward one copy of the FPN to the licensing officer or the Commissioner, as the case may be; (b) forward one copy to the appropriate District Court; and (c) retain the fourth copy. (4) (a) Where only one offence is detected, the FPN shall make reference to the lowest number of penalty points in respect of that offence. (b) Where more than one offence are detected on a single occasion, the FPN shall make reference to the lowest number Acts 2012 325 of penalty points in respect of the offence carrying the highest range of penalty points.