FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) Ord. No. 64/74
HONG KONG
No. 64 OF 1974
L.S.
I assent.
MURRAY MacLehose,
Governor.
21st August, 1974.
An Ordinance to provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for various offences, and for purposes connected therewith.
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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
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PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Cri- Short title minal Proceedings) Ordinance 1974 and shall come into operation and com- on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.
mencement.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise Interpreta- requires--
tion.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Transport;
"driver" means, in relation to a motor vehicle, any person who is
in charge of or assisting in the control of such vehicle;
"fixed penalty" means, in relation to a scheduled offence, the fixed penalty set out opposite thereto in the fourth column of the Schedule;
"motor vehicle" means any mechanically propelled vehicle in- tended or adapted for use on roads, but does not include any conveyance for use solely on railways or tramways;
"police officer" includes a member of the Royal Hong Kong
Auxiliary Police Force;
Schedule.