Section 89Part 7 — Control of Road Users
Obtaining licence, or driving while disqualified
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89. (1) A person who drives or attempts to drive or obtains or attempts to obtain a licence while under a period of disqualification commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of one year, and — Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Section 90 c Revised as at 31st December, 2025 Page 65
shall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for a period of twenty-four months or such longer period as the court may order, the period to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of any sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and
the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person’s driving record.
A constable may arrest, without warrant, a person driving or attempting to drive a vehicle on a road whom that constable has reasonable cause to suspect of being disqualified.