Attorney General V. Kunji Palu

1939 Present: Hearne S. P. J.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. KUNJI PALU.

246-M. C. Trincomalee, 5,379.

Motor car-Accident on highway-Damage to property-No request for information-Duty to report-Motor Car Ordinance, No. 20 of 1927, s. 51 (b) and (c), (Cap. 156).

Where damage is done to property by a motor car on the highway and no request is made for particulars as required by section 51 (b), the driver is not absolved from the duty to report the accident to the Police.
 
APPEAL from an acquittal by the Magistrate of Trincomalee.

D. Jansze, C. C., for complainant, appellant.

Colvin R. de Silva, for accused, respondent.

August 22, 1939. HEARNE, S. P. J. -

In this case the Attorney-General is the appellant. The respondent was charged with having failed to report an accident involving damage to a buggy cart in breach of section 48 (iii) (b) of Ordinance No. 20 of 1927, as amended by section 6 of Ordinance No. 41. of 1935. (Vide Vol. 4 of Legislative Enactments of Ceylon, Cap. 156, page 164.)

It was admitted that no report was made to the Police and it was also conceded that the accused person was not requested by any person for partic

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