§ 510. Suspension, revocation and reissuance of licenses and\nregistrations. 1. Who may suspend or revoke. Any magistrate, justice or\njudge, in a city, in a town, or in a village, any supreme court justice,\nany county judge, any judge of a district court, the superintendent of\nstate police and the commissioner of motor vehicles or any person\ndeputized by him, shall have power to revoke or suspend the license to\ndrive a motor vehicle or motorcycle of any person, or in the case of an\nowner, the registration, as provided herein.\n A learner's permit, or a license which has expired but is renewable,\nshall be deemed a license within the meaning of this section.\n 2. Mandatory revocations and suspensions. a. Mandatory revocations.\nSuch licenses shall be revoked and such registrations may also be\nrevoked where the holder is convicted:\n (i) of homicide or assault arising out of the operation of a motor\nvehicle or motorcycle or criminal negligence in the operation of a motor\nvehicle or motorcycle resulting in death, whether the conviction was had\nin this state or elsewhere;\n (ii) pursuant to section twenty-three hundred eighty-five of title\neighteen of the United States code, of the crime of advocating the\noverthrow of government, whether the conviction was had in this state or\nelsewhere;\n (iii) of any violation of subdivision two of section six hundred or\nsection three hundred ninety-two or of a local law or ordinance making\nit unlawful to leave the scene of an accident without reporting;\n (iv) of a third or subsequent violation, committed within a period of\neighteen months, of any provision of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis chapter, any ordinance or regulation limiting the speed of motor\nvehicles and motorcycles or any provision constituted a misdemeanor by\nthis chapter, not included in subparagraphs (i) or (iii) of this\nparagraph, except violations of subdivision one of section three hundred\nseventy-five of this chapter or of subdivision one of section four\nhundred one of this chapter and similar violations under any local law,\nordinance or regulation committed by an employed driver if the offense\noccurred while operating, in the course of his employment, a vehicle not\nowned by said driver, whether such three or more violations were\nrepetitions of the same offense or were different offenses;\n (v) of a violation for the conviction of which any such license is\nsubject to revocation under subdivision two of section five hundred\nten-b;\n (vi) of a violation of any provision of section eleven hundred\neighty-two of this chapter;\n (vii) of a second violation of any provision of section eleven hundred\neighty-two committed within a period of three years of a previous\nviolation of the aforesaid section shall result in a license revocation\nof one year;\n (viii) of a third violation, committed within a period of three years,\nof any provision of subdivision a of section eleven hundred seventy-four\nof this chapter;\n (ix) of a violation of section twelve hundred twenty-four of this\nchapter, other than a violation adjudicated by the environmental control\nboard of a city having a population of one million or more pursuant to\nsubdivision seven of such section, and fails to pay the fine imposed\nthereon pursuant to subdivision seven of such section;\n (x) of a traffic infraction for a subsequent violation of article\ntwenty-six of this chapter and the commission of such violation caused\nserious physical injury to another person and such subsequent violation\noccurred within eighteen months of a prior violation of any provision of\narticle twenty-six of this chapter where the commission of such prior\nviolation caused the serious physical injury or death of another person;\n (xi) of a traffic infraction for a subsequent violation of article\ntwenty-six of this chapter and the commission of such violation caused\nthe death of another person and such subsequent violation occurred\nwithin
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