CHAPTER X
THE PENALTY
ARTICLE 69:
The drivers might be responsible for both penal and civil codes to the offenses that they have committed in driving the vehicles.
Violation on body, honor, dignity, and the competence of the traffic police who are fulfilling the task shall be liable to the law.
ARTICLE 70:
The owners or the manager of all kinds of vehicles shall be responsible for civil code in case there is a traffic accident leading to the damages provoked by their vehicles.
ARTICLE 71:
All traffic offenses have to be sent to the court except small offenses that have to be fined or the case stated in article 64 or the offensive acts that shall get warning.
ARTICLE 72:
Any officials or agents responsible for traffic order used their power to confiscate the driving license, number plate, identification card or keeping the driver’s vehicle, shall be jailed from 6 (six) days to one (1) month and or fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 200,000.
In case the vehicles are damaged or lost any parts due to the detaining, the entity shall be responsible for the payment. If the level of violation of the police officers or the traffic agents is too serious, the entity can demand the compensation from the police officers or traffic agents.
The police officers or traffic agents shall be imprisoned from one (1) year to three (3) years and/or fine from two millions (2,000,000) Riels to six millions (6,000,000) Riels to any traffic officers or traffic agents that:
- Forced and demanded the fining money against the amounts set by the law
- Obtaining money by using the incorrect fining tickets or do not issue fining tickets to the fined driver.
- Shall be punished by jailing from one (1) year to three (3) years and or fine from two millions (2,000.000) Riels to six millions (6,000.000) Riels to any government staff or staff working directly or those who have duty or task in managing the driving schools or engaging in the issuance of the driving license and vehicle identification card and have committed wrong to the article 40 or 48 of this provision.
ARTICLE 73:
In the case the driving license has to be suspended or nullified and that the drivers disagree to give the driving license in accordance with the defined time, shall be punished by jailing from one (1) day to five (5) days and fined from five thousand (5,000) Riels to twenty five thousand (25,000) Riels.
ARTICLE 74:
Those who are driving the vehicles without the driving licenses or in the time their driving licenses are removed, suspended, or nullified, shall be jailed from six days to one month and fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 200,000.
ARTICLE 75:
Those who are hampering or interfering to the stop of vehicle or do not stop their vehicles in accordance with traffic police's order or refused from being checked or disagreed from doing the breathalyzing test or drug test, shall be punished by jailing from six days to one month and fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 200,000.
ARTICLE 76:
People who are driving when they are drunk with the rate of alcohol from 0,40 mg per liter of air or starting from 0.8 grams per liter of blood upward, shall be punished by putting in the prison from six days to six months and fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 1,000,000.
THE PENALTY
ARTICLE 69:
The drivers might be responsible for both penal and civil codes to the offenses that they have committed in driving the vehicles.
Violation on body, honor, dignity, and the competence of the traffic police who are fulfilling the task shall be liable to the law.
ARTICLE 70:
The owners or the manager of all kinds of vehicles shall be responsible for civil code in case there is a traffic accident leading to the damages provoked by their vehicles.
ARTICLE 71:
All traffic offenses have to be sent to the court except small offenses that have to be fined or the case stated in article 64 or the offensive acts that shall get warning.
ARTICLE 72:
Any officials or agents responsible for traffic order used their power to confiscate the driving license, number plate, identification card or keeping the driver’s vehicle, shall be jailed from 6 (six) days to one (1) month and or fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 200,000.
In case the vehicles are damaged or lost any parts due to the detaining, the entity shall be responsible for the payment. If the level of violation of the police officers or the traffic agents is too serious, the entity can demand the compensation from the police officers or traffic agents.
The police officers or traffic agents shall be imprisoned from one (1) year to three (3) years and/or fine from two millions (2,000,000) Riels to six millions (6,000,000) Riels to any traffic officers or traffic agents that:
- Forced and demanded the fining money against the amounts set by the law
- Obtaining money by using the incorrect fining tickets or do not issue fining tickets to the fined driver.
- Shall be punished by jailing from one (1) year to three (3) years and or fine from two millions (2,000.000) Riels to six millions (6,000.000) Riels to any government staff or staff working directly or those who have duty or task in managing the driving schools or engaging in the issuance of the driving license and vehicle identification card and have committed wrong to the article 40 or 48 of this provision.
ARTICLE 73:
In the case the driving license has to be suspended or nullified and that the drivers disagree to give the driving license in accordance with the defined time, shall be punished by jailing from one (1) day to five (5) days and fined from five thousand (5,000) Riels to twenty five thousand (25,000) Riels.
ARTICLE 74:
Those who are driving the vehicles without the driving licenses or in the time their driving licenses are removed, suspended, or nullified, shall be jailed from six days to one month and fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 200,000.
ARTICLE 75:
Those who are hampering or interfering to the stop of vehicle or do not stop their vehicles in accordance with traffic police's order or refused from being checked or disagreed from doing the breathalyzing test or drug test, shall be punished by jailing from six days to one month and fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 200,000.
ARTICLE 76:
People who are driving when they are drunk with the rate of alcohol from 0,40 mg per liter of air or starting from 0.8 grams per liter of blood upward, shall be punished by putting in the prison from six days to six months and fined from Riel 25,000 to Riel 1,000,000.
