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Inspection of driving licences of persons charged with certain offences.
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22.—(1) A person charged with a penalty point offence or an offence committed after the commencement of this section on conviction of which the court is required to make a consequential disqualification order shall, not later than the day on which the hearing by a court of the proceedings in relation to the charge commences, give or send his or her driving licence to such officer of the Courts Service as may be designated by that Service and an officer of that Service may inspect and make a copy of the licence or of extracts from it and shall then return it to the person.
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person charged with an offence if the person produces, on or after the date of its commission, and before the hearing by a court of the proceedings in relation to the charge, his or her licence to a member of the Garda Síochána who is or was acting in connection with the alleged offence or the court proceedings concerned.
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