Section 69Part 7 — Control of Road Users
Duty to give name and address, and penalty for contravention
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69. (1) A constable may require a person whom that constable has seen committing an offence under this Act or regulations, or whom that constable suspects of committing or having committed an offence, to give that person’s name, address and date of birth, and any such person who refuses to give their name, address and date of birth or gives a false name, address or date of birth commits an offence.
The owner of a vehicle shall, if so required by a constable —
give all information which it is in that owner’s power to give as to the name, antecedents and whereabouts of any person who has committed or is alleged or believed to have committed an offence in respect of, or with or by the use of, that vehicle; and
give similar information regarding any persons who are alleged or believed to have been occupants of that vehicle at the time of commission or alleged or believed commission of the offence, and an owner who refuses or fails to give such information, or knowingly gives false information, commits an offence.
A constable may arrest without warrant a person who, having been required by that constable under subsection (1) or (2) to give that person’s name, address and date of birth fails or refuses to do so or gives a name, address or date of birth which the constable believes on reasonable grounds to be false.
A person driving a vehicle on the road who fails, when required by a constable to produce —
that person’s driver’s licence or learner’s licence;
the relevant certificate of insurance or other evidence that the vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision);
a current certificate of roadworthiness in respect of that vehicle, or
a certificate of registration in respect of that vehicle, commits an offence, but for the certificates or other evidence referred to in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), that person shall not be prosecuted if that person produces such certificates or other evidence at a police station within three days.
A person who is convicted of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and the court may order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for such period not exceeding twelve months as the court thinks fit. Section 70 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Page 52 Revised as at 31st December, 2025 c