Section 41: Issue of driving licence

41. Issue of driving licence (1) On payment of the prescribed fee, a driving licence shall, subject to this Part, be issued to a person applying for it in the prescribed form and manner to the licensing officer. (2) (a) The applicant shall furnish with his application 2 copies of his photograph and, where the application is made by a paid driver or by a person who desires or intends to be a paid driver, shall allow his fingerprints to be taken in such manner as the licensing officer directs. (b) The licensing officer may, where he considers it necessary, require an applicant to furnish, on an application for renewal of a driving licence, 2 copies of a recent photograph of the applicant. (3) On an application for the grant of a driving licence, the applicant shall, in addition to any declaration required under this Act, state whether— (a) he has held an international driving permit in any part of the world; (b) any permit under paragraph (a) has been endorsed, suspended or cancelled; (c) he has been disqualified from holding a driving licence; or (d) he is, under this Act disqualified by reason of age or otherwise, from obtaining the licence for which he is applying. (4) (a) Subject to this Part as to tests of competence to drive and as to the physical fitness of applicants for driving, the licensing officer shall, except in the case of an applicant who is disqualified under subsection (8), on payment of the prescribed fee, grant a driving licence to the person who applies for it in the prescribed manner and makes a declaration in the prescribed form that he is not disqualified by reason of age or otherwise from obtaining the licence for which he is applying. (b) The licensing officer may refuse to grant or renew any driving licence where he is satisfied that, by reason of the character, conduct or record of convictions of the applicant, the driving of any motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles by that applicant is likely to be a source of danger or prejudice to the public. R27 – 37 [Issue 7] Road Traffic Act (5) A driving licence may authorise its holder to drive— (a) all classes of motor vehicles; or (b) such class or such type within a class as the licensing officer may specify in it. (6) Where under this Part an applicant is subject to a restriction with respect to the driving of any class of motor vehicles, the extent of the restriction shall be specified in the prescribed manner on the driving licence. (7) Subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to provisional driving licences, a driving licence shall, unless previously revoked or suspended, remain in force for such period as may be prescribed from the date on which it is granted. (8) A person shall be disqualified from obtaining a driving licence— (a) where another driving licence granted to him is in force, whether the licence is suspended or not; and (b) where he is, by a conviction under this Act or any other enactment or by an order of a Court, disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence. (9) In any proceedings, the fact that a driving licence has been granted to a person shall be evidence that that person, for the purpose of obtaining that licence, made a declaration that he was not disqualified from holding or obtaining the licence. [S. 41 amended by s. 6 of Act 7 of 2015 w.e.f. 27 July 2015.]