17. Amendment of section 106 of Principal Act
Section 106 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) in subsection (1), by inserting after paragraph (a) the following:
"(aa) if injury has been caused to any person, or any person appears to require assistance, the driver of the vehicle shall offer assistance;",
(b) in subsection (3), by inserting after paragraph (a) the following:
"(aa) in a case in which injury is caused to a person, and the person who contravenes subsection (1) or subsection (2) -
(i) does so with intent to escape civil or criminal liability, and
(ii) knows that injury has been caused to a person of such nature as to require medical assistance for the person at that place or that the person be brought to a hospital for medical assistance,
on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €10,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years or to both such fine and such imprisonment,
(ab) in a case where injury is caused to a person, and the person who contravenes subsection (1) or subsection (2) does so with intent to escape civil or criminal liability, and