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Section 40

Exceeding speed limit

of Road Transport Act 1987

ActIn forceProvision 47 of 176
Section 40
(1)

If any person drives a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding any speed limit imposed for such motor vehicle under the powers conferred by this Act he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than three hundred ringgit and not more than two thousand ringgit.

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(2)

The court shall, unless for any special reasons it thinks fit to order otherwise, order particulars of any finding of guilt under this section to be endorsed on any driving licence held by the person convicted.

(3)

A first or second conviction for an offence under this section shall not render the offender liable to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a longer period than in the first conviction, one month or, in the case of a second conviction, six months.