Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

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Restricted licence
93(1)The Registrar may, on issuing a licence, impose such restrictions as the Registrar has reason to believe are necessary to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle on the highways by the licensee, including, but not limited to,
(a) restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability, and
(b) restrictions with respect to the type of special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle that the licensee may operate.
93(1.1)Repealed: 1988, c.24, s.1
93(2)The Registrar may either issue a special restricted licence or may set forth such restriction upon the usual licence form.
93(3)Any person who being the holder of a restricted licence under the provisions of this section drives a motor vehicle in contravention of any restriction imposed by the Registrar and set forth upon such licence, is guilty of an offence.
93(4)The Registrar may suspend or revoke the licence of any person convicted of an offence under subsection (3).
93(5)In any prosecution under subsection (3) a certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar that a person was authorized to drive a motor vehicle in the Province subject to a restriction or restrictions, and stating the restriction or restrictions, is admissible in evidence and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein without proof of the signature or official character of the person by whom it purports to be signed.
1955, c.13, s.82; 1961-62, c.62, s.24; 1972, c.48, s.1; 1981, c.48, s.6; 1988, c.24, s.1; 1994, c.4, s.4