Section 27Sec./Art. 27

Suspension, revocation of driver's license.

(a) The Commissioner may suspend for a period not exceeding three months or, after hearing, revoke any driver's license issued under the provisions of this Act, and may order any such license to be delivered to him whenever he has reason to believe that the holder thereof is an improper person to operate motor vehicles, or in operating or using a motor vehicle in, or as an accessory to, the commission of any crime or act which endangers the public. Any deputy of the Commissioner may, for the same cause, suspend for a period not exceeding three months any driver's license issued under the provisions of this Act: Provided, That such suspension may be appealed to the Commissioner who may, after reviewing the case, confirm, reverse or modify the action taken by such deputy.

(b) Whenever during any twelve-month period a driver shall have been convicted at least three times for the violations of any provisions of this Act or of any regulation issued by the Commissioner or any municipal or city ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic not in conflict with any of the provisions of this Act, the Commissioner may, in his discretion, revoke or suspend the license of such driver for a period not exceeding two years.

(c) The license suspended or revoked under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be reinstated unless the driver has furnished a bond in accordance with Section twenty-nine of this Act and only after the Commissioner has satisfied himself that such driver may again safely be permitted to operate a motor vehicle.

(d) A decision of the Commissioner revoking or refusing the reinstatement of a license under the provisions of this Section may be appealed to the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.