Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part V · Offences and Miscellaneous Provisions
128. Repeal, transitional and saving
Feedback & supportThe Road Traffic Ordinance 1958 [Ord. No. 49 of 1958] and the Modification of Laws (Road Traffic Ordinance) (Extension and
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“road” means— (a) any public road and any other road to which the public has access and includes bridges, tunnels, lay-bys, ferry facilities, interchanges, roundabouts, traffic islands, road dividers, all traffic lanes, acceleration lanes, deceleration lanes, side-tables, median strips, overpasses, underpasses, approaches, entrance and exit ramps, toll plazas, service areas, and other structures and fixtures to fully effect its use; (b) for the purposes of sections 70 and 85, also includes a road under construction; and (c) for the purpose of sections 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 45A, also includes a parking place;
Modification) Order 1984 [P.U. (A) 136/1984] in so far as they do not relate to the licensing of commercial vehicles are hereby repealed:
Provided that all subsidiary legislations made under the repealed
Ordinance in so far as they do not relate to the licensing of commercial vehicles shall be deemed to have been made under this
Act and shall continue to remain in force until amended or revoked:
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Provided further that any certificate, licence, permit, plate, mark, registration certificate or any other document in respect of a motor vehicle, or any reduction of fees or any exemption, issued or granted under the repealed Ordinance and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, in so far as its issue or grant is not inconsistent with this Act, be deemed to have been issued or granted under this Act and shall continue in force until it expires, or is varied, amended or revoked thereunder.
Where any appeal in respect of a decision made under the repealed Ordinance is pending before any authority or court or where any right to appeal in respect of such decision has accrued, the proceedings in respect of the appeal or in respect of any appeal under the accrued right to appeal, shall be continued or had, as the case may be, under this Act as if in respect of a decision under this Act, subject to all such directions as the authority or the court, as the case may be, may deem fit or expedient to give in the matter.