MOTOR VEHICLES (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT, 1958

(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall not use, or cause or permit any other person to use, a motor vehicle unless there is in force in relation to the user of that motor vehicle by that person or the other person, a policy of insurance or a security in respect of third party risks which complies with this Act. (2) A person who acts in contravention of subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment for one year or to both the fine and the imprisonment. (3) A person convicted of an offence under this section shall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence. (4) A disqualification under subsection (3), unless the Court, for special reasons to be recorded orders otherwise, shall be for a minimum period of twelve months from the date of the conviction, and a person disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence under this section shall be deemed to be so disqualified under the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683).

Despite the provisions of an enactment which prescribes a time within which proceedings may be brought before a Court, proceedings in respect of an offence under section 1 may be instituted (a) within a period of six months from the date of the commission of the offence; or (b) within a period which does not exceed (i) six months from the date on which it came to the knowledge of the prosecutor that the offence had been committed, or (ii) one year from the date of the commission of the offence.