12. (1) Any licensing authority may, on application made to it, renew a driving licence issued under the provisions of this Ordinance with effect from the date of its expiry: Provided that, in any case where the application for the renewal of a driving licence is made more than fifteen days after the date of expiry, the driving licence shall be renewed with effect from the date of its renewal: Provided further that every application for the renewal of professional licence shall be accompanied by a fresh medical certificate in ÔÇÿForm C' as set forth in the First Schedule signed by a registered medical practitioner and the provisions of sub section (5) of section 7 shall apply to every such case. (2) Every professional driving licence holder shall undergo and pass the test as set forth in the Third Schedule, on the expiry of every three years from the date of issue of the driving licence or, at the time of third renewal, whichever occurs earlier, and if he fails to pass the specified test, his driving licence shall be deemed to have been revoked. Such holder of driving licence shall, however, be entitled to appear in the test once after every three months till he passes the test, on payment of fee for each such test of competence to drive. (3) An application for the renewal of a driving licence shall be made in ÔÇÿForm G' as set forth in the First Schedule and shall contain the declaration required by that form: Provided that, where the applicant does not or is unable to subscribe to the said declaration the provisions of sub section (5) of section 7 shall apply. (4) Where an application for the renewal of a driving licence is made previous to, or not more than fifteen days after the date of its expiry, the fee payable for such renewal shall be ¹[one hundred and fifty Taka] for each twelve months from the date of expiry. (5) Where an application for the renewal of a driving licence is made more than fifteen days after the date of its expiry, the fee payable for such renewal shall be ²[two hundred Taka] for each twelve months from the date of expiry: Provided that the fee referred to in sub section (4) may be the licensing authority, if it is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by good cause from applying within the time specified in that sub section: Provided further that if the application is made more than three years after the driving licence has ceased to be effective, the licensing authority may refuse to renew the driving licence, unless the applicant undergoes and passes to its satisfaction the test of competence to drive as set forth in the Third Schedule. (6) When the authority renewing the driving licence is not the authority which issued the driving licence, it shall intimate the fact of renewal to the authority which issued the driving licence.