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It sets general principles and legal definitions, including the scope of application to public roads owned by the State or local governments and, under conditions, private roads open to public traffic. The Code governs free traffic, duties of road users toward lawful orders, and requirements for signalisation of dangers and potential obstacles, including prohibitions on misleading publicity near roads.","DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE  \nGOVERNMENT  \nDecree-Law No. 6/2003  \nOf 3 April  \nTHE HIGHWAY CODE  \nPrevention of road accident casualties is one of the priorities of the Government of Timor-Leste in the field of road safety. To accomplish this priority, the Government intends to increase road safety by ensuring the integrity of people and goods travelling on East Timorese roads.  \nThus, under the terms of section 116 (d) of the Constitution, the Government enacts the following that shall have the force of law:  \nTITLE I  \nGeneral provisions  \nCHAPTER I  \nGeneral principles  \nSection 1  \nLegal definitions  \nFor the purposes of the provisions of the present Code and supplementary legislation, the following terms shall have the meaning as attributed to them in this section:  \n(a) Public road: means a road open to public traffic;  \n(b) Road equivalent to a public road means a private road open to public traffic;  \nc) Motorway means a public road designed for fast traffic, with a physical separation between lanes , with no level crossings or access to marginal property, with restricted accesses and signalised as such;  \nd) Road reserved for vehicles and motorcycles means a public road that is regulated by rules disciplining traffic in a motorway and signalised as such;  \ne) Path: public road especially designed for local traffic in rural areas;  \nf) Roadway: A portion of a public road especially designed for the circulation of vehicles;  \ng) Centre line of the road means a longitudinal line, materialised or not, that  \ndivides a roadway into two parts, with each one being allotted to traffic flowing in one direction;  \nh) Traffic lane means a longitudinal area of the roadway designed for the circulation of a single line of vehicles;  \ni) Reversible lane means a traffic lane alternately open, through signalisation, to traffic in one direction or the other;  \nj) Fast lane means a traffic lane resulting from the enlargement of the roadway and designed to allow vehicles entering a public road to gain the convenient speed in order that they can join the traffic flow;  \nl) Slow lane means a traffic lane resulting from the enlargement of the roadway and designed to allow vehicles leaving a public road to slow down upon getting out of the traffic flow;  \nm) Road edge means the surface of a public road not especially designed for the circulation of vehicles and situated on one or both sides of a roadway;  \nn) Pavement means the surface of a public road, in most cases a raised surface, especially designed for the circulation of pedestrians and situated on one or both sides of a roadway;  \no) Traffic corridor means a traffic lane reserved for vehicles of a certain category or used for certain transport services;  \np) Special track means a public road or traffic lane especially designed, in conformity with signalisation, for the circulation of pedestrians, of animals or of a certain category of vehicles;  \nq) Intersection means an intersection area between public roads at the same level;  \nr) Junction means an area of convergence or bifurcation of public roads;  \ns) Roundabout means a square formed by an intersection or junction where traffic flows in a rotary direction and signalised as such;  \nt) Parking lot means a place exclusively designed for the parking of vehicles;  \nu) Build-up area means an area with buildings and whose limits are signalised with the conventional signs;  \nv) Parking area means a place built or signalised on a public road, especially designed for the parking of vehicles;  \nx) Traffic island means a restricted area of the public road, closed to the  \ncirculation of vehicles and delimitated by a kerb or appropriate marking, designed to direct the traffic.  \nSection 2  \nScope  \n1 – The provisions of the present Code are applicable to traffic on public roads owned by either the State or a local government.  \n2 – The provisions of the present legal instrument are also applicable to private roads, when open to public","cbCaicNAmpO6FsYC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicNAmpO6FsYC","pdf",165508,18,1,80,"English","en",105,"# Title I - General provisions\n## Chapter I - General principles\n## Section 1 - Legal definitions\n## Section 2 - Scope\n## Section 3 - Freedom of traffic\n## Section 4 - Orders from authorities\n## Section 5 - Signalisation","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of Decree-Law No. 6/2003 in the Highway Code?\",\"answer\":\"It prioritizes preventing road-accident casualties and increasing road safety by ensuring the integrity of people and goods travelling on East Timorese roads.\"},{\"question\":\"Which roads does the Highway Code apply to?\",\"answer\":\"It applies to traffic on public roads owned by the State or local government, and to private roads open to public traffic in matters not specifically regulated by an agreement with the owners.\"},{\"question\":\"What rules govern lawful orders and what are the consequences for non-compliance?\",\"answer\":\"Road users must comply with lawful orders from authorities regulating and monitoring traffic. 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