Article 31 of Traffic Law

The driver of any vehicle may not commit an act contrary to public morals in the vehicle or permit that. Article 32 (1) No car or motorcycle race may be held on a public road without a licence from the General Traffic Department. Nor may vehicle drivers, animal keepers and pedestrians use the road in a manner that obstructs traffic except with a permit from the General Traffic Department. Chapter Five Penalties Article 33 (2) Without prejudice to the measures prescribed in this Law or any more severe penalty under any other law, anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months and a fine not exceeding three hundred dinars and not less than one hundred and fifty dinars, or either of these two penalties: 1. Driving a motor vehicle without a driving licence, or with a licence that does not authorize him to drive such a vehicle, or whose withdrawal or suspension of validity has been decided. 2. Driving a motor vehicle inattentively, endangering the lives or property of the driver, passengers or others. . Carrying out any repairs to any vehicle resulting from an accident without written permission issued by the competent body at the Ministry of Interior. . Violating public morals in the vehicle. e. Deliberately recording untrue particulars in any official form or application with the intention of obtaining a vehicle operating licence, a driving licence or any permit required by this Law or its Executive Regulations, or obtaining a copy or replacement for a lost one of any of them. 6. Failing to give way to government vehicles (police, ambulance, fire service, civil defence, and official motorcades and their accompanying vehicles, or following them while they are using their sirens for the purpose of overtaking vehicles on the road. . Driving on the road shoulder. - Failure by drivers of transport vehicles of all types, industrial and construction vehicles, tractors, vehicles with trailers and vehicles with semi-trailers to keep to the right-hand side of the carriageway, or overtaking other vehicles unnecessarily. 9. Using mobile communication devices or any other device by hand, or being distracted from the road while driving. (1) The last paragraph was added pursuant to Decree-Law No. 5 of 2025 (2) Amended pursuant to Decree-Law No. 5 of 2025 Home Page 326 Law Index Traffic Law Decree-Law No. 67 of 1976 concerning traffic 10. Driving a vehicle that emits disturbing noises, dense smoke or an offensive smell, or from whose load flammable materials or materials harmful to health or affecting the fitness of the road scatter or flow, or from whose load things fall that constitute a danger to road users, or that has accident damage affecting its balance, or whose tyres or one of them are unfit for use. 11. Anyone who flees or attempts to flee after committing a traffic accident resulting in damage to public property or the property of others. 12. Moving the vehicle with high acceleration such that the tyres emit a disturbing noise. Article 33 bis (1) Without prejudice to the measures prescribed in this Law or any more severe penalty under any other law, anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be punished by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year and not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding one thousand dinars and not less than six hundred dinars, or either of these two penalties: 1. Passing a red traffic light. 2. Driving a vehicle recklessly or negligently, endangering the lives or property of the driver or others. . Holding a motor vehicle race on the road without a permit or in violation of the permit, or holding a gathering of motor vehicles to use them recklessly or negligently, or using them in a manner that endangers the lives or property of the driver or others. 4. Exceeding the prescribed maximum speed limit. e. Driving vehicles (buggies and motorcycles in places other than those designated for them. 6. Driving a vehicle against the direction of traffic on highways and ring roads. . Driving an unlicensed motor vehicle, or one without its plates, or with its plates issued to it by the General Traffic Department with some or all of the numbers altered, or with plates not issued by the General Traffic Department bearing the original plate numbers or bearing different numbers. . Using a motor vehicle to transport passengers for hire without a permit. 9. Parking in places designated for persons with disabilities. 10. Carrying out excavations or works on the road, making alterations to it, or placing objects that cause obstruction of traffic, without a special permit from the General Traffic Department. The court may, of its own motion or at the request of the Ministry of Interior, order the confiscation of the motor vehicle in favour of the Ministry of Interior if it convicts an accused who committed any of the acts set out in this Article, provided that the power to dispose of the aforementioned vehicle shall devolve upon the relevant body at the Ministry of Interior, without prejudice to the provisions contained in the aforementioned Penal Code or bona fide third parties. Article 34 (2) Without prejudice to the measures prescribed in this Law or any more severe penalty under any other law, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months