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 an 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 pay within 21 days the appropriate fine specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule to the appropriate District Court. (3) The person who detected the offence shall— (a) forward one copy of the FPN to the Commissioner of Police or the Commissioner, as the case may be; (b) forward one copy to the appropriate District Court; and (c) retain the fourth copy. (4) — [S. 191 inserted by s. 5 of Act 43 of 1992 w.e.f. 1 August 1993; amended by s. 4 of Act 30 of 1995 w.e.f. 2 December 1995; s. 14 of Act 38 of 1999 w.e.f. 1 December 2000; s. 16 of Act 46 of 2002 w.e.f. 15 May 2003; repealed and replaced by s. 14 of Act 17 of 2012 w.e.f. 10 May 2013; amended by s. 14 of Act 7 of 2015 w.e.f. 27 July 2015.] R27 – 151 [Issue 7] Road Traffic Act