45.-(1) Where, owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs whereby damage or injury is caused to any person, vehicle, animal or property, the driver of the motor vehicle shall stop and shall, if required to do so by any person having reasonable grounds for so requiring, give his name and address and also the name and address of the owner of the vehicle. Any other person in the vehicle at the time of the accident shall also, if required in like manner so to do, give his name and address. (2) In the case of any such accident as aforesaid the driver of the motor vehicle shall, as soon as possible and in any case within forty-eight hours of the occurrence of the accident, report the accident at the nearest police station or to a member of the State Police Force, but before doing so he shall render all necessary assistance in the way of transporting any injured person to hospital. (3) The owner of a motor vehicle shall supply the police with all informa tion in his possession which is necessary for the identification of a driver who has not complied with any of the provisions of this Section. (4) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an offence. (5) In this Section the expression “animal” means any camel, horse, cattle, ass, mule, sheep, goat or dog. 46. Any member of the State Police Force in uniform may arrest without a warrant any person whom he on reasonable grounds believes to have com mitted an offence under Sections 38, 39, 40, 42 or 44 of this Ordinance, or who fails to comply with Section 45 (1). 47. Any person who is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance for which no punishment is specifically provided shall be liable on first conviction to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees or to both, and on each subsequent conviction to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees or to both. 48. Any Court before which a person is convicted of any offence con nected with the driving of motor vehicles may order him to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence for such period as the Court may think fit. Such a person who is so disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence may at any time after the expiration of six months from the date of conviction apply to the Court before which he was convicted to remove the disqualification. PART VI.-RULES 49. The Ruler may make Rules for the purpose of prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Ordinance.
