Cap. 65 Art. 62Special procedure in certain cases.

(1) Notwithstanding any other law providing for the trial and punishment of offences, where any person commits any of the

offences set out in the first column of the Second Schedule to this

Ordinance, the following provisions of this article shall apply.

(2) Any Police officer or a community officer in whose opinion

any such contravention has been committed, may hand over to the

owner or driver, or affix to the windscreen, of the motor vehicle

used in the commission of the contravention, a notice containing a general description of the contravention and such other information or requirements as the Minister may prescribe by regulations made under this sub-article.

(3) Where any notice has been handed over or affixed as is provided in sub-article (2), the owner or driver of the motor vehicle, as the case may be, or any other person who accepts responsibility for the contravention referred to in the said notice, may, within ten days of the notice, call at the place referred to in the notice, produce all such documents therein referred to and pay the fine set out in the second column of the said Schedule in respect of that contravention, or such person shall send those documents and payment of the fine by registered post or by any other means shown in that notice.

(4) Where any notice which has been handed over or affixed as is provided in sub-article (2) is not complied with or the said fine is not paid within the period referred to in sub-article (3) hereof, ordinary proceedings may be taken in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and of the Criminal Code in respect of the offence in question.

(5) Where any such notice is complied with and the said fine is paid within the said period, no proceedings may be taken in respect of the offence in question and the payment of such fine shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to be an admission of the commission of the offence.

(6) Any person who, not being the owner or driver of the motor vehicle, removes from the windscreen of any motor vehicle any notice affixed thereto in accordance with the provisions of sub-article (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) of forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59).