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(1) A person

(a) driving a motor vehicle on a road,

(b) whom a police officer or vehicle examiner has reasonable cause to believe to have been the driver of a motor vehicle at a time when an accident occurred owing to its presence on a road,

(c) whom a police officer or vehicle examiner has reasonable cause to believe to have committed an offence in relation to the use of a motor vehicle on a road,

(d) who supervises the holder of a learner' s licence while the holder is driving a motor vehicle, or

(e) whom a police officer or vehicle examiner has reasonable cause to believe was supervising the holder of a learner's licence while driving, at a time when an accident occurred owing to the presence of the vehicle on a road or at a time when an offence is suspected of having been committed by the holder of the learner's licence in relation to the use of the vehicle on a road,

shall, on being so required by a police officer or vehicle examiner, produce that person's licence for examination, so as to enable the police officer or vehicle examiner to ascertain the name and address of the holder of the licence, the date of issue, and the authority by which it is issued.

(2) A person required by a police officer or a vehicle examiner to produce that person's licence shall in the prescribed circumstances, on being so required by the police officer state that person's date of birth.

(3) Where the Licensing Authority has revoked a licence and the holder of the licence fails to deliver it to the Licensing Authority, a police officer or a vehicle examiner shall require that person to produce the licence, and upon it being produced may seize it and deliver it to the Licensing Authority.

(4) Where a police officer or a vehicle examiner has reasonable cause to believe that the holder of a licence, or any other person, has knowingly made a false statement for the purpose of obtaining the grant or renewal of a licence, the police officer may require the holder of the licence to produce it.

(5) Where a police officer or a vehicle examiner to whom a learner's licence has been produced by a person driving a motor vehicle has reasonable cause to believe that the holder was not driving it as part of the training being provided on a training course for drivers of motor vehicles, the police officer shall require the holder to produce the prescribed certificate of completion of such a training course.

(6) Where a person is required under this section to produce a licence or a certificate or any other document relevant to driving a motor vehicle or motor cycle, the person shall produce it immediately or within twenty-four hours of being so required.

(7) Where a person required under this section to produce a licence or a certificate of completion of a training course for drivers of motor vehicles fails to do so that person 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.