The Constitutional Court claims that the state jeopardised people’s right to use their property by issuing regulations prohibiting competent institutions to issue drivers’ licenses and other documents to citizens and register their vehicles in case of unpaid fines for traffic misdemeanours, Dan newspaper writes.
The court’s judges sat to evaluate the conformity with constitution of such regulations. They concluded that articles 234 and 235 of the Misdemeanour Law infringed upon the constitutional principles regarding equality before law, limitations of human rights and liberties and protection of property rights.
The controversial regulations have not been abolished yet, but the Constitutional Court’s ruling represents an introduction to this.
The disputed provisions stipulate that a person convicted or fined for a traffic offence shall not be allowed to have his/her vehicle registered, registration renewed or driver’s licence issued or renewed until he/she pays all fines and costs of proceedings registered in the Register of Fines.
In addition to this, the law stipulates possibility to prohibit issuing/renewing other licenses, registration certificates or issuing official records, until the convicted/fined person pays all fines and court proceedings costs.
