LIFE DISQUALIFICATION

Shannon News, 10 June 1927, Page 2

LIFE DISQUALIFICATION

Says an English motoring journal: "Under the Motor Car Act of 1903, where the magistrates find a motor driver guilty of an offence under that Act they may disqualify him from holding a license, according to the words of the Act, for such time as the Court thinks fit. There have been one or two cases lately in which the offender has been disqualified from holding a license for the remainder of his life. Was such a period of disqualification contemplated when the Act come into force ? The words of the Act would seem to Indicate that a time is intended, and not an indefinite period, such as the length of a human life. Fortunately, however, under the provisions of Section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act of 1925 such a disqualification is now open to revision, so-that it is unlikely that any serious miscarriage of justice will occur.” —Under the New Zealand law no revision of disqualification appears to be possible excepting on appeal to the Supreme Court, notice of which appeal must be lodged within seven days of disqualification.