Statute
Section 23 — Road Traffic Act 1988: Restriction of carriage of persons on motor cycles.
Text of the provision Official document
Restriction of carriage of persons on motor cycles. 23 1 Not more than one person in addition to the driver may be carried on a motor bicycle .
2 No person in addition to the driver may be carried on a motor bicycle otherwise than sitting astride the motor cycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the motor cycle behind the driver’s seat.
3 If a person is carried on a motor cycle in contravention of this section, the driver of the motor cycle is guilty of an offence.
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