Suspension of driving licence
4.—(1)  The Deputy Commissioner of Police may suspend, for a period not exceeding 36 months, the driving licence of any person who has been awarded within a period of 24 months a total number of 24 or more demerit points.
(2)  Subject to paragraph (3), where the driving licence of a person has been suspended or is liable to suspension under paragraph (1), then notwithstanding paragraph (1), whenever subsequently such person has been awarded within a period of 12 months a total number of 12 or more demerit points, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may suspend the driving licence of that person for a period not exceeding 36 months.
(3)  Paragraph (2) shall not apply where the person referred to in that paragraph does not commit any scheduled offence for a period of 24 consecutive months subsequent to the date his licence is liable to suspension or the date of expiry of the suspension or the date of expiry of the period for which he is disqualified by an order of court made on or after 1st March 1983 from holding or obtaining a driving licence, as the case may be.
(4)  In calculating the number of demerit points which will render such person’s driving licence liable to suspension under paragraph (1) or (2), only such demerit points shall be taken into account as have been awarded against that person within a total period of 24 consecutive months or 12 consecutive months, as the case may be, calculated from the date of the first award of demerit points within that period and all demerit points awarded before that period shall be disregarded.
(5)  Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), where the holder of a driving licence does not commit any scheduled offence for any period of 12 consecutive months, excluding any period for which his driving licence is suspended under these Rules or any period for which he is disqualified by an order of court made on or after 1st March 1983 from holding or obtaining a driving licence, every demerit point awarded against him before that period shall be disregarded in calculating the number of demerit points which will render his driving licence liable to suspension.
(6)  Paragraph (5) shall not apply where the demerit points are awarded to the holder of a driving licence after the 12-month period mentioned in that paragraph for a scheduled offence committed before that period and such demerit points would, if taken into account with other demerit points awarded before that period, render the driving licence of that person liable to suspension under these Rules.