Section 27: Regulations

(1) The Minister may by regulations make provisions generally for the regulation of the use of Federal highways and for the management, direction and control of Federal highways and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions may make such regulations as appear to him to be necessary-
(a) with respect to-
(i) the speed at which motor vehicles of any class or description thereof may be driven either generally on any specified Federal highway or within any defined area or place; and
(ii) the registration and licensing of motor drivers and conductors, and also the prescribing of fees and other matters relative thereto;
(b) with respect to the construction of motor vehicles and trailers and may in particular make provisions with respect to the following matters-
(i) the width, height and length of motor vehicles and trailers and the load carried thereby, the diameter of wheels, and the width, nature and condition of tyres of motor vehicles and trailers;
(ii) the consumption of smoke and the emission of visible vapour, sparks, ashes and grits;
(iii) the excessive noise owing to the design or condition of a vehicle or the loading thereof;
(iv) the maximum laden weight of motor vehicles and trailers, and the maximum weight to be transmitted to the road or any specified area thereof by a motor vehicle or trailer of any class or description or by any part or parts of such a vehicle or trailer in contact with the road, and the conditions under which the weights may be required to be tested;
(v) the particulars to be marked on motor vehicles and trailers;
(vi) the towing of or drawing of vehicles by motor vehicles;
(vii) the number and nature of brakes, and any device for ensuring that brakes, silencers and steering gear are efficient and kept in proper working order;
(viii) the appliances to be fitted for signalling the approach of a motor vehicle or enabling the driver of a motor vehicle to become aware of the approach of another vehicle from the rear, or for intimating any intended change of speed or direction of a motor vehicle, and the use of such appliance, and for ensuring that they are efficient and kept in proper working order;
(ix) for prohibiting the use of appliances fitted to motor vehicles for signalling their approach, being appliances for signalling by sound, at any time, or on or in any specified part of a Federal highway;
(x) for the placing on or near a Federal highway of traffic signs conformable with international standards and local requirements;
(xi) for the prohibition or control of advertising on Federal highways or within 30.48 metres of the formation;
(xii) for the exclusion of any class or classes of vehicles using or likely to use a Federal highway and for vehicle inspection;
(xiii) for restricting the use of federal highways by any breed of animal;
(xiv) for the line to be kept on a Federal highway and the direction to be followed by vehicles;
(xv) for road division or temporary closure of any part of a Federal highway;
(xvi) for the prohibition of parking or waiting on, or as the case may be, for prescribing specified parking or waiting places, and the provision of space reasonably required for vehicles approaching or leaving premises adjoining a Federal highway; and
(xvii) generally for the uninterrupted flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(2) Regulations may prescribe penalties for offences by way of fine not exceeding two hundred naira or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months or by both such fine and imprisonment.