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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, 1974 (LI 953)

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, 1974 (LI 953) IN exercise of the powers conferred on the Commissioner responsible for Transport by section 33 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1952 (No. 55), these Regulations are made this 10th day of July, 1974.

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Table of Content

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I—REGISTRATION

Regulation

2. Application to register

3. Verification of weights

4. Registration

5. Number plates

6. Change of ownership,

7. Procedure where vehicle destroyed

8. Amendment of register

9. Copies of entries.

PART II—LICENSING

10. Registers of licences

11. Trade licences

13. Drivers’ licences

14. Application for driver’s licence

15. Driving test

16. Issue of driver’s licence

17. Renewal of driver’s licence

19. Further driving test

20. Replacement of licence

21. Defaced photographs

22. Armed Forces and Police driving permits

23. Production of driving licence.

PART III—USE AND CONSTRUCTION

24. Vehicles not conforming with Regulations

26. Width and length

33. Mirror, windscreen and glass

34. Wheels and axles

40. Direction indicators

41. Position of indicators

42. Red reflectors

43. Reflex reflectors

44. Advance warning

45. Use of agricultural tractors on roads

46. Maximum weights permitted

47. Checking of weights

48. Prohibited passengers, etc.

49. Driving of vehicles

50. Rules of the road

51. Hand signals

53. Discharge of oil, etc. on road

54. Molesting or obstructing driver

55. Maximum driving periods.

PART IV—COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

56. Application for licence

57. Issue of licence

58. Issue of taxi identification plate

59. Use of taxi

61. Taxi stands

62. Use of omnibus

63. Private use of omnibus

64. Omnibus routes

65. Construction of omnibus

66. Person in charge of omnibus

67. Use of passenger lorry

68. Seats in passenger lorry

69. Passenger lorry carrying freight and persons

70. Maximum number of passengers

71. Particulars to be painted on commercial vehicles

72. Property left in vehicle

73. Offences in omnibus

74. Other offences relating to commercial vehicles

PART V—INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION PROVISIONS

75. Documents for vehicles being taken outside Ghana

76. Documents for drivers outside Ghana, etc.

77. Visitors’ vehicles

78. Exemption of visitors’ vehicles

79. Registration plates and nationality signs

80. Visitors’ driving permits.

PART VI—TRAFFIC OTHER THAN MOTOR TRAFFIC

82. Rules of the road

83. Bicycles, carts, etc.

84. Animals on road at night.

PART VII—GENERAL

85. Power to inspect vehicles

86. Traffic wardens

87. Prohibition of use of certain roads

88. Application for police report on accidents

89. Exemption from fees

90. Exemption of Armed Forces vehicles

91. Exemption from speed limit

92. Highway Code

94. Interpretation

96. Commencement.

SCHEDULES

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I—REGISTRATION

Regulation

2. Application to register

3. Verification of weights

4. Registration

5. Number plates

6. Change of ownership,

7. Procedure where vehicle destroyed

8. Amendment of register

9. Copies of entries.

PART II—LICENSING

10. Registers of licences

11. Trade licences

13. Drivers’ licences

14. Application for driver’s licence

15. Driving test

16. Issue of driver’s licence

17. Renewal of driver’s licence

19. Further driving test

20. Replacement of licence

21. Defaced photographs

22. Armed Forces and Police driving permits

23. Production of driving licence.

PART III—USE AND CONSTRUCTION

24. Vehicles not conforming with Regulations

26. Width and length

33. Mirror, windscreen and glass

34. Wheels and axles

40. Direction indicators

41. Position of indicators

42. Red reflectors

43. Reflex reflectors

44. Advance warning

45. Use of agricultural tractors on roads

46. Maximum weights permitted

47. Checking of weights

48. Prohibited passengers, etc.

49. Driving of vehicles

50. Rules of the road

51. Hand signals

53. Discharge of oil, etc. on road

54. Molesting or obstructing driver

55. Maximum driving periods.

PART IV—COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

56. Application for licence

57. Issue of licence

58. Issue of taxi identification plate

59. Use of taxi

61. Taxi stands

62. Use of omnibus

63. Private use of omnibus

64. Omnibus routes

65. Construction of omnibus

66. Person in charge of omnibus

67. Use of passenger lorry

68. Seats in passenger lorry

69. Passenger lorry carrying freight and persons

70. Maximum number of passengers

71. Particulars to be painted on commercial vehicles

72. Property left in vehicle

73. Offences in omnibus

74. Other offences relating to commercial vehicles

PART V—INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION PROVISIONS

75. Documents for vehicles being taken outside Ghana

76. Documents for drivers outside Ghana, etc.

77. Visitors’ vehicles

78. Exemption of visitors’ vehicles

79. Registration plates and nationality signs

80. Visitors’ driving permits.

PART VI—TRAFFIC OTHER THAN MOTOR TRAFFIC

82. Rules of the road

83. Bicycles, carts, etc.

84. Animals on road at night.

PART VII—GENERAL

85. Power to inspect vehicles

86. Traffic wardens

87. Prohibition of use of certain roads

88. Application for police report on accidents

89. Exemption from fees

90. Exemption of Armed Forces vehicles

91. Exemption from speed limit

92. Highway Code

94. Interpretation

96. Commencement.

SCHEDULES

Section 1

1. Register

The licensing authority shall keep a register for the registration of motor vehicles and trailers in such form as the Commissioner may direct.

Section 2

2. Application to register

(1) A person who applies to register a motor vehicle or trailer shall give to the licensing authority an application, in duplicate, duly completed as in form A or B in the First Schedule. (2) A fee of ¢50.00 shall be paid to the licensing authority before the vehicle is first registered: Provided that no fee shall be paid in respect of a vehicle intended to be used to carry passengers or goods for hire or reward other than a taxi.