Carnival 2025 regulations: Licence required to transport masked revellers

NO VEHICLE may be used to transport masked or facially disguised masqueraders unless a licence has been issued by the senior superintendent or superintendent of police in the division where the vehicle owner resides.

This was stipulated in the 2025 Carnival regulations under Legal Notice No 34, issued on February 3.

Vehicle owners must apply for the licence by February 19, providing the names and addresses of the passengers, the band to which they belong, and up to three designated drivers.

Law-enforcement officers are empowered to stop and search such vehicles and request identification from passengers.

The general public remains prohibited from wearing costumes resembling police and military uniforms, and all depictions that could be perceived as offensive to religious beliefs are off-limits once again this Carnival.

The regulations also prohibit any attire that could be interpreted as mimicking official government or security agency uniforms.

Carnival will commence at 4 am on March 3 and end at midnight on March 4.

The longstanding prohibitions against carrying weapons, explosives, or any object resembling a firearm also remain. Read More