Section - 124 - Duty of a driver to stop, report accident and give information or documents

(1) This section applies in a case where, owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs by which

(a) personal injury is caused to a person other than the driver of that motor vehicle, or

(b) damage is caused

(i) to a motor vehicle other than that motor vehicle or a trailer drawn by that motor vehicle, or

(ii) to domestic animal other than a bird and an animal in the game reserve in or on that motor vehicle or a trailer drawn by that vehicle, or

(iii) to any other property constructed on, fixed to, growing in or otherwise forming part of the land on which the road in question is situated or land adjacent to such land.

(2) Where an accident occurs as under subsection (1), the driver of the motor vehicle shall

(a) stop and, if required to do so by any person who has reasonable grounds for so requiring, give the driver's name and address and also the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle and the identification marks of the motor vehicle.

(b) where a person to whom injury has been caused so requests, or if the preson is unconscious or if the injury caused to that person appears to endanger life, attend to the injured person, to procure for the person's medical attention and to procure, where necessary, the person's removal to a hospital,

(c) in every case report the accident to a police station as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case where the accident occurred in a municipal area so report within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the accident, or in any other case so report within twenty-four to forty-eight hours of the accident.

(3) Where the driver fails to give the driver's name and address under subsection (2) the driver of the motor vehicle shall report the accident to the nearest police station.

(4) A person who fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(5) A person who fails to comply with a duty under this section commits an offence, but shall not be convicted by reason only of a failure to produce a certificate or other evidence if, within seven days of the occurrence of the accident, the certificate or other evidence is produced at a police station that was specified by the person at the time when the accident was reported.