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THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH
ACT
OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC
OF GHANA
ENTITLED
TILE ROAD (VEHICLE USE) FEE ACT, 1998
AN ACT to provide for the imposition of fees for the use of vehicles on roads to generate funds for the routine and periodic maintenance of the roads and
to provide for related purposes.
DATE OF ASSENT: 18th December, 1998.
BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows— Prohibition of use of motor vehicle on road without road certificate—
1. (1) No person shall— (a) drive or LI5e; or
(b) permit any other person to drive or use
any motor vehicle on a road unless there is in force in respect of the motor vehicle a road use certificate provided for under this Act.
(2) An application for a road use certificate referred to in this Act as “the certificate” shall be made to the licensing authority in such form as the licensing
authority shall determine.
Payment of fee—
2. (1) An application for the certificate shall be accompanied with the fee specified in the Schedule to this Act relevant to the type and class of vehicle.
(2) The fee specified in the Schedule shall be paid once in every six months in respect of commercial vehicles and once every year in respect of private
vehicles.
Issue of certificate/sticker—
3. (I) The licensing authority shall upon payment of the fee issue a certificate in the form of a sticker for the vehicle to the applicant.
(2) The sticker shall be carried on the windscreen of the vehicle so as to be readily identified by a police officer or the licensing authority.
(3) The certificate shall remain valid for six months in the case of commercial vehicles and twelve months in the case of private vehicles
from the date of issue and shall then expire.
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(4) Where the licensing authority is satisfied that a certificate has become defaced or is lost, he may issue a duplicate certificate upon
payment of such fee as prescribed in the Schedule.
Exemption from requirement for certificate—
4. The requirement for the certificate does not apply to—
(a) vehicles owned by the Armed Forces, the Police Service or the Prisons Service;
(b) Fire Service vehicles;
(c) government and Mission hospitals ambulances;
(d) any motor vehicle exempted by au instrument issued by the Minister under this Act.
Payment of fee into the Road Fund—
5. (1) The fees collected under this Act shall be used for periodic and routine maintenance of roads and facilities related to the roads.
(2) The monies collected under this Act shall be deposited by the licensing authority into a bank account opened for the purpose by the Road Fund
Management Board to the credit of the Road Fund established under the Road Fund Act, 1997 (Act 536).
Amendment of Schedule and making of regulations—
6. The Minister for Roads and Transport may with the approval of Cabinet by legislative instrument— (a,) amend the Schedule to this Act;
(b) prescribe different rates of fees for different classes of vehicles;
(c) exempt any class of vehicles; and
(d) make such regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act.
Offences—
7. Any person who on a road drives or uses a motor vehicle in respect of which there is no valid certificate commits an offence and is liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding ¢500,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
Interpretation—
8. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires— licensing authority”, “motor vehicle” and “road” have the same meaning as provided in the Road
Traffic Ordinance (No. 55 of 1952).
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SCHEDULE
(‘Section 2)
Fees—Half Yearly Rate for Commercial Vehicles
—Yearly Rate for Private Vehicles Cedis
Motor cycle (section 2(1)) 8,000
“Private” Motor vehicle up to 2000cc (section 2(1)) 20,000
“Commercial” Motor vehicle up to 2000cc (section 2(1)) 20,000
“Private” Motor vehicle above 2000cc (section 2(1)) 30,000
“Comrncercial” Motor vehicle above 2000cc (section 2(1)) 30,000
Private’~ Buses and coaches (section 2(1)) 40,000
“Commercial” Buses and coaches (section 2(1)) 35,000
Rigid cargo trucks up to 16 toils (section 2(1)) 30,000
Rigid cargo trucks above 1 6 and up to 22 tons (section 2(1)) 35,000
Rigid cargo trucks above 22 tons (section 2(1)) 48,000
Articulated trucks up to 24 tons (section 2(1)) 60,000
Articulated trucks above 24 tons but less than 32 toils (section 2(1)) 100,000
Articulated trucks up to 32 tons and above (section 2(1)) 200,000
Fee for replacement of certificate or sticker (section 3(4)) 8,000
Date of Gazette notification: 24th December, 1998.