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(1) Where a police officer or an authorised person is engaged in the regulation of traffic on a road, a person driving a motor vehicle or riding a motor cycle or bicycle who neglects or refuses

 (a) to stop the motor vehicle, motor cycle or bicycle, or

 (b) to make it proceed in or keep to, a particular line of traffic

when directed to do so by the police officer or authorized person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(2) Where a traffic survey of any description is being carried out on or in the vicinity of a road and a police officer or an authorized person gives to a person driving a motor vehicle or riding a motor cycle bicycle a direction

(a) to stop the motor vehicle, motor cycle or bicycle,

(b) to make it proceed in or keep to, a particular line of traffic, or

(c) to proceed to a particular point on or near the road on which

(i) the motor vehicle is being driven or propelled,

(ii) the motor cycle or bicycle is being ridden or propelled being a direction given for the purpose of the survey, the person commits an offence if that person neglects or refuses to comply with the direction and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(3) The power to give a direction referred to in subsection (2) shall be exercised in a manner as not to cause any unreasonable delay to a person who indicates an unwillingness to provide any information for the purposes of the survey.