Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697636987481.pdf (Bahamas)
ROAD TRAFFIC [CH.220 – 103 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SCHOOL CROSSING PATROLS REGULATIONS G.N.

141/1961 5 of 1987 S.I.

65/2000 (SECTION 92) [Commencement 8th July, 1961] 1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic Signs Short title.

and School Crossing Patrols Regulations.

Powers of school crossing patrol.

S.I.

65/2000.

Schedule.

Penalty for failure to stop.

5 of 1987, s. 2; S.I.

65/2000 Schedule Appointment.

2.


When between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the evening a vehicle is approaching a place in the road where children, on their way to and from school, are crossing or seeking to cross the road, a school crossing patrol shall have power, by exhibiting a traffic sign of the form, plan and character shown in diagram 1 of the Schedule hereto to require the person driving or propelling the vehicle to stop it.

(1) A person shall be required to stop a vehicle — 3.
(a) before reaching a school zone shown in the form in diagram 2 of the Schedule where children are crossing or seeking to cross so as not to stop or impede their crossing; and (b) the vehicle shall not be put in motion again so as to reach the place in question so long as children are crossing or seeking to cross.
(2) A person who fails to comply with these regulations commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars and is liable in respect of any further or subsequent offence to a fine of five hundred dollars.

4.

(1) A school crossing patrol shall be a person appointed by the Controller of Road Traffic in consultation with the Commissioner of Police and the Director of Education to patrol in accordance with arrangements made under regulation 1 of these Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, where it is proved that a sign was exhibited by a school crossing patrol, it shall be presumed to be of a size, colour and type prescribed, or of a description authorised, under the foregoing provisions of these Regulations, unless the contrary is proved.

[Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS CH.220 – 104] ROAD TRAFFIC S.I.

65/2000.

SCHEDULE DIAGRAM 1 S.I.

65/2000.

DIAGRAM 2 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001]