MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 15
MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 15
15 . Right of the Commission against unauthorised drivers
Where the death of or
bodily injury to any person is directly caused by, or by the driving of, a
motor vehicle to which a contract of insurance under this Act relates, and
that motor vehicle was, at the time of the occurrence out of which such death
or injury arose, driven by a person without the authority of the owner or
without reasonable grounds for believing that he had the authority of the
owner, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act —
(a) such
driver shall not be entitled to recover from the Commission any sum on account
of any moneys (including costs) paid or payable by such driver in respect of
his liability in respect of such death or bodily injury; and
(b) any
sum paid by the Commission in discharge of such liability of such driver shall
be recoverable by the Commission from such driver.
[Section 15 amended: No. 31 of 1948 s. 17; No. 51
of 1986 s. 46(2); No. 107 of 1987 s. 11.]