§6 — Restrictions on the holding of driving licences

(1) No person shall, while he holds any driving licence for the time being in force, hold any other driving licence except a learner’s licence or a driving licence issued in accordance with the provisions of section 18 or a document authorising, in accordance with the rules made under section 139, the person specified therein to drive a motor vehicle. (2) No holder of a driving licence or a learner’s licence shall permit it to be used by any other person. (3) Nothing in this section shall prevent a licensing authority having the jurisdiction referred to in sub-section (1) of section 9 from adding to the classes of vehicles which the driving licence authorises the holder to drive. 1. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 2. Ins. by Act 3 of 2015, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2015). 3. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 4. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 3 for “a motor cab” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 5. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for “a motor cycle without gear” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).