Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)

Chapter IV : Points demerit system

29. Categorisation of offences, infringements and demerit points
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The Minister, acting with the concurrence of the Minister of Justice and the MEC of each province, may for the purpose of this Act—

 

(a)prescribe infringements and offences;

[Section 29(a) substituted by section 15 of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 4 of 2019), Notice No. 1080, GG42648, dated 19 August 2019 - effective 1 July 2026, per Proclamation Notice 323 of GG54918, dated 29 June 2026 except for section 2(g)]

 

(b)prescribe the penalty, expressed as a single unit or multiple units accorded a monetary value, which must be imposed for each infringement, as contemplated in section 31;

 

(c)prescribe the demerit points which are incurred for each offence or infringement, as contemplated in section 24; and

 

(d)prescribe the total number of demerit points which, if exceeded, disqualifies a person from driving or operating any motor vehicle as contemplated in section 25.

 

[Section 29 effective from 1 July 2026, per Proclamation Notice 322 of GG54917, dated 29 June 2026]