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The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident as a result of which the death or the injury of the bodily integrity or the health of a person resulted, is obliged to immediately notify the police, not to modify or to erase the traces of the accident and is not allowed to leave the scene of the act. He may leave the scene of the act with the approval of the police, which investigates the accident.

If he leaves the scene of the act without the approval of the police, the act constitutes an offence and is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years. But it must be known that if, in the absence of other means of transport, the driver of the vehicle transports himself the injured persons to the nearest hospital and declares the personal data and the number of the vehicle driven, these being recorded in a special register, and if he immediately returns to the scene of the accident, IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE.

The correct answer is: C

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OUG* - Article 77

(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident as a result of which the death or the injury of a person resulted is obliged to take measures to immediately notify the police, not to modify or to erase the traces of the accident and not to leave the scene of the act.
(2) Any person who is involved or has knowledge of the occurrence of a traffic accident as a result of which the death or the injury of one or more persons resulted, as well as in the situation in which a vehicle carrying dangerous goods is involved in the event, is obliged to immediately notify the police and to call the single national emergency number 112, existing in the telephone networks in Romania.
(3) It is prohibited to any person to change the position of the vehicle involved in a traffic accident as a result of which the death or the injury of one or more persons resulted, to modify the state of the place or to erase the traces of the accident without the approval of the police which investigates the accident.

Criminal Code*** - Article 338

(1) Leaving the scene of the accident, without the approval of the police or of the prosecutor who performs the investigation of the scene of the act, by the driver of the vehicle or by the driving instructor, in the process of training, or by the examiner of the competent authority, during the performance of the practical tests of the exam for obtaining the driving licence, involved in a traffic accident, is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(3) It does not constitute an offence to leave the scene of the accident when:
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b) the driver of the vehicle, in the absence of other means of transport, transports himself the injured persons to the nearest medical unit able to provide the necessary medical assistance and where he declared the personal identification data and the registration number of the vehicle driven, recorded in a special register, if he immediately returns to the scene of the accident;
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OUG* - Article 111

(1) The driving licence or the replacement proof of it is retained in the following cases:
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b) when its holder committed one of the offences provided in art. 334, art. 335 paragraph (2), art. 336, 336^1, 337, art. 338 paragraph (1) and art. 339 paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Law no. 286/2009, with the subsequent amendments and completions;
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(3) In the situations provided in paragraph (1) letter a) and d), in art. 102 paragraph (3) letter a) and in art. 102 paragraph (4) of this emergency ordinance, as well as in those provided in art. 334 paragraph (2) and (4), art. 335 paragraph (2), art. 336, 336^1, 337, art. 338 paragraph (1) and in art. 339 paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Law no. 286/2009, with the subsequent amendments and completions, the replacement proof of the driving licence is issued without the right to drive.
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OUG* - Article 114

(1) The cancellation of the driving licence issued by the Romanian authority is ordered in the following cases:
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b) the holder of the driving licence was convicted, by a final court decision, for the offences provided in art. 334, art. 335 paragraph (2), art. 336, 336^1, 337, art. 338 paragraph (1) and art. 339 paragraphs (2)-(4) of Law no. 286/2009, with the subsequent amendments and completions;
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
*** Criminal Code = CRIMINAL CODE of July 17, 2009 updated (LAW no. 286/2009)