Section 116Part 8 — Control of Traffic
Erection of road blocks or barriers
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116. (1) For the purpose of enforcing this Act or regulations, a constable may erect on a road, whether during the day or night a road block or barrier, at which all vehicles shall be required to stop.
The approach to a road block shall be identified —
during the daytime, by not less than two police notices or signposts erected at a suitable distance from the road block or barrier, facing on coming traffic; and
during the night, by not less than three warning lights, of prescribed design, in conjunction with police notices or signposts erected at a suitable distance from the road block or barrier, facing oncoming traffic.
A driver shall, on approaching a road block or barrier, slow the vehicle down to walking pace and stop, and after that obey all direction signals and signs, whether verbal or manual, given to that driver by a constable manning such road block or barrier.
A driver who, at a road block or barrier, fails —
to slow down;
to bring that person’s vehicle to a halt; or
to comply with a signal or direction given by a constable, commits an offence.
On the conviction of a person under subsection (4), the court may, in addition to any punishment imposed, order the person convicted to pay a reasonable sum as compensation for damage caused to equipment used in conjunction with or in setting up a road block or barrier, and the sum may be recovered as a fine under this Act and when recovered shall be paid to the Commissioner to form