86 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 29, 1932.
38. A driver of a public vehicle shall not-
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(1) refuse without reasonable cause to accept hire
when disengaged; or
(2) demand more than the authorised fare; or (3) fail without reasonable cause to complete the
journey for which he is engaged; or
(4) behave rudely or use insulting language; or
(5) solicit passengers; or
(6) loiter in any way so as to cause obstruction; or
(7) leave a public stand to accept hire out of turn; or
(8) when his vehicle is plying as a motor omnibus-
(a) stop his vehicle for the purpose of taking up or setting down a passenger except at a stopping place approved by the Inspector General of Police; or
(b) improperly or without good cause prevent other vehicles from passing his vehicle; or (c) smoke while his vehicle is in motion: or (d) wilfully deceive any person in respect of
the route or destination of his vehicle; or (e) obscure or improperly alter any signboard, route number or sign on his vehicle; or (f) refuse to admit and carry at the lawful fare any passenger for whom there is room and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made; or
(g) improperly delay his vehicle
journey.
39. A conductor of a motor omnibus shall-
on any
(1) be over eighteen years of age according to
English computation;
(2) be duly licensed, and carry and wear in a cons- picuous position a brass badge, approved by the Inspector General of Police, marked with a number corresponding with his licence number; (3) when on duty be properly dressed in uniform
approved by the Inspector General of Police; (4) duly conduct his vehicle by the appointed route
to the appointed destination;
(5) unless actually engaged in taking fares, stand at the rear end of his vehicle when the same is in motion;
(6) whenever passengers to the number which his vehicle is licensed to carry are travelling thereon. exhibit on his vehicle a signboard with the words "Bus full" painted thereon, approved by the Inspector General of Police, in such manner as to be easily visible to intending passengers, both by day and night, but on no other occasion and at no other time;
(7) remove all passengers from his vehicle to enable the driver to fill the petrol tank, and keep such passengers out of his vehicle until such filling is complete;