CHAPTER
380
CYCLE |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Cycles to be registered on purchase. |
Re-registration of cycles. |
Number to be assigned to each cycle. |
Evidence on registration or re-registration. |
Registration and re-registration fee. |
Re-renewal of registered number. |
Liability of person using cycle without
registered number. |
Police to examine registration number. |
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Power of arrest without warrant. |
Extract from register to be received in
evidence. |
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CHAPTER 380 |
CYCLE |
An Act to
provide for the registration and use of cycles. | 10 of 1936
40 of 1936
40 of 1954
15 of 1957
11 of 1958
39 of 1958
43 of 1964
E.L.A.O., 1974
5 of 1987 |
[Commencement 1st
June, 1936] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Cycle Act. | Short title. |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- | Interpretation. |
"Controller"
has the same meaning as is given to that word under section 2(1) of the Road
Traffic Act; |
"cycle"
includes every description of bicycle, tricycle and velocipede; |
"purchase"
includes every transfer by means of sale, gift, bequest or otherwise. |
3. Every owner of a cycle kept for use, except as in
this Act otherwise provided, shall register or cause the
same to be registered in his name with the Controller (who shall keep a
register of cycles) in the month of December in each year in accordance with
the provisions of this Act, and such registration shall continue in force from
the day of such registration until and throughout the last day of December next
succeeding, and shall take out a licence therefor. Every such licence shall be
issued by the Controller and shall expire on the thirty-first day of December
next following the issue thereof. | Cycles to be registered. |
4. Every owner of a cycle purchased in any year prior
to the month of December in that year shall have his cycle registered within
fourteen days after such purchase, and such registration shall continue in
force from the day of such registration until and throughout the last day of
December next succeeding. | Cycles to be registered on purchase. |
5. Every cycle registered after the commencement of
this Act which shall be purchased by any person shall be re-registered by the
purchaser in the name of the purchaser, within fourteen days after such
purchase. | Re-registration of cycles. |
6. The Controller shall assign a separate number to
every cycle registered under this Act, and one plate, on which is the
registered number of the cycle, shall be supplied by the Controller to each
registered cycle, and this plate with the number clearly exhibited shall be
affixed on the cycle. | Number to be assigned to each cycle. |
7. Before registering or re-registering a cycle, the
Controller shall require the purchaser to produce to him written evidence of
ownership of the cycle. | Evidence on registration or re-registration. |
8. (1) There shall be paid into the Treasury on every
registration or re-registration under this Act the sum of one dollar. | Registration and re-registration fee. |
(2) In respect of
every registration and re-registration on and after the first day of July in
each year only one-half of the above sum shall be paid. |
(3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a
consular officer or a consular employee who is- |
(a) not a
British subject; |
(b) not engaged
in The Bahamas in private occupation for gain; and |
(c) a permanent
employee of the State in whose service he or she is, or if not a permanent
employee, who was not resident in The Bahamas at the commencement of his or her
employment at the consulate, |
shall not be
required to make any payment in respect of any such registration or
re-registration. |
9. Any owner of a registered cycle whereof the
registered number has been lost or damaged or become illegible may have the
same renewed at the place of registration on payment of one dollar. | Renewal of registered number. |
10. Any person using a cycle without a registered
number affixed thereon shall be liable on conviction for an offence against
this Act. | Liability of person using cycle without registered
number. |
11. Any person using a cycle shall on the request of
any member of the police force stop such cycle to enable the registration
number to be examined, and shall give correct replies to the police to all
questions put to him relative to the registration and ownership of such cycle.
Any person acting in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an
offence against this Act. | Police to examine registration number. |
12. Any person guilty of an offence against this Act
shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine of twenty dollars or to
imprisonment for two months or to both such imprisonment and fine. | Penalty. |
13. It shall be lawful for any member of the police
force to take into custody without warrant any person found in the possession
of any unregistered cycle, and to seize and detain such cycle pending further
investigation. | Power of arrest without warrant. |
14. Any extract from the register of cycles kept by
the Controller under this Act, certified by the Controller to be a true
extract, shall be received in evidence in all courts. | Extract from register to be received in evidence. |
15. All expenses incurred in carrying out the
provisions of this Act shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund by warrant in
the usual manner. | Expenses. |
16. The Minister responsible for Road Traffic may make
rules- | Rules. |
(a) providing
generally for facilitating the identification of cycles and in particular for
determining and regulating generally the size, shape and character of the
plates to be fixed on a cycle under this Act, and the mode in which they are to
be fixed and to be rendered easily distinguishable whether by night or by day,
and with respect to the registration of cycles and the entry of particulars
including particulars of the ownership of the cycles in the register, and the
giving of those particulars and for making any particulars contained in the
register available for use by the police, and for making the registration of a
cycle void if the rules as to registration are not complied with; |
(b) with
respect to the licences to be granted by the Controller under this Act and for
the transfer of the licences and in particular with respect to the register to
be kept of those licences and transfers; |
(c) with
respect to the use of lights to be carried on cycles; and |
(d) with
respect to the terms and conditions upon which licences may be granted under
this Act. |