Luck Runs Out For Night School Student
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - A night class student at SOAS College, who pleaded guilty to two road traffic offences earlier in the Magistrate's Court, made an appeal in the High Court against his driving ban order, but he did not succeed.

The appellant, Hj Abd Azim Hj Abd Wahab was imposed fines of $400 for using a car with an expired vehicle license and using a car when he was not insured against Third Party Risks, for which he was fined $800.

And the Magistrate, Faisal bin Pehin Dato Hj Keiflie also disqualified him from holding a driver's license for 12 months.

Hj Abd Azim however lodged an appeal before Judge Dato Steven Chong for the 12-month driving ban order to be set a side on the ground that it was inconvenient having to rely on his brother-in-law for transport.

However, the Judge found clearly that all the factors he said were connected to the offence and therefore could not be constituted as a special reason for not disqualifying him from driving.

Upon conviction of the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act, it is mandatory that the offender be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's license for 12 months or longer, unless there are 'special reasons' for not doing so, it was pointed out in court. (Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin)

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