sec.10.17Exemption from tolls

### sec.10.17 Exemption from tolls Officers who are engaged in the actual performance of duty as officers are exempt from liability for payment of any toll, levy or other charge whatsoever upon— passing through or over any tollgate, turnpike or road; crossing any bridge; using any ferry; notwithstanding any other Act or law. The exemption prescribed by subsection (1) extends to— all prisoners under the officers’ charge; all vehicles, vessels, carriages or horses used on the occasion in question solely for carrying officers, their prisoners and baggage; a return journey to the officers’ operational base undertaken as soon as practicable after the actual performance of duty that has taken the officers away from such base. A person engaged in the collection of tolls, levies or other charges who has reasonable grounds for believing that an exemption from payment thereof exists under subsection (1) or (2) and who receives payment in disregard of such exemption commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty—4 penalty units. (sec.10.17-ssec.1) Officers who are engaged in the actual performance of duty as officers are exempt from liability for payment of any toll, levy or other charge whatsoever upon— passing through or over any tollgate, turnpike or road; crossing any bridge; using any ferry; notwithstanding any other Act or law. (sec.10.17-ssec.2) The exemption prescribed by subsection (1) extends to— all prisoners under the officers’ charge; all vehicles, vessels, carriages or horses used on the occasion in question solely for carrying officers, their prisoners and baggage; a return journey to the officers’ operational base undertaken as soon as practicable after the actual performance of duty that has taken the officers away from such base. (sec.10.17-ssec.3) A person engaged in the collection of tolls, levies or other charges who has reasonable grounds for believing that an exemption from payment thereof exists under subsection (1) or (2) and who receives payment in disregard of such exemption commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty—4 penalty units. - (a) passing through or over any tollgate, turnpike or road; - (b) crossing any bridge; - (c) using any ferry; - (a) all prisoners under the officers’ charge; - (b) all vehicles, vessels, carriages or horses used on the occasion in question solely for carrying officers, their prisoners and baggage; - (c) a return journey to the officers’ operational base undertaken as soon as practicable after the actual performance of duty that has taken the officers away from such base.