§17 — Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom

(1) Where a licensing authority refuses to issue any learner’s licence or to issue or renew, or revokes, any driving licence, or refuses to add a class or description of motor vehicle to any driving licence, it shall do so by an order communicated to the applicant or the holder, as the case may be, giving the reasons in writing for such refusal or revocation. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days of the service on him of the order, appeal to the prescribed authority which shall decide the appeal after giving such person and the authority which made the order an opportunity of being heard and the decision of the appellate authority shall be binding on the authority which made the order. 1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 10, for “more than thirty days” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 2. Subs. by s. 10, ibid., for “thirty days” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 3. Subs. by s. 10, ibid., for “five years after the driving licence has ceased to be effective, the licensing authority may” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).