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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 7, 1912.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 192.
Regulations made by the Officer Administering the Govern- ment-in-Council under Section 4 of the Privateehicles Ordi- nance, 1895, (Ordinance No. 5 of 1895), on the 4th day of June, 1912.
The Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under the above Ordinance and published in the Government Gazette of the 4th May, 1906, and on pages 159 and 160 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910, as amended by the Governor-in-Council and published in the Government Gazette of the 25th April, 1911, and as also amended by the Governor- in-Council and published in the Government Gazette of the 5th January, 1912, are hereby repealed, and the following are substituted therefor :-
General.
1. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires :-
(1.),“ Motor Car" includes every vehicle propelled by mechanical power which
does not exceed two tons in weight unladen.
(2.) Heavy Motor Car" includes every vehicle propelled by mechanical power
which exceeds two tons in weight unladen.
(3.) "Weight" in relation to a heavy motor car when unladen means the weight of the vehicle exclusive of the weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the purpose of propulsion.
2. All vehicles required to be licensed under Section 3 of the 'rivate Vehicles Ordi- nance, 189 shall be duly licensed as herein directed.
3. The Captain Superintendent of Police may, on application being made in Form A hereto annexed, and on receipt of the proper fee issue such licence (Form B).
4. The fee for a truck or trolly licence shall be $10 per annum. The fee for the licence of a motor car or heavy motor car licensed under the Private Vehicles Ordinance, 1895, which is intended or used for hire shall be $20 per mensem. The fee for the licence of any other motor car or heavy motor car shall be $24 per annum. The fee for all other private vehicle licences shall be $2 per annum.
5. Each licence shall state the description of the vehicle, owner's name and place of abode, and nature of its use, whether for trade or otherwise.
6. Change of ownership or abode must be notified to the Captain Superintendent of Police, who will endorse the licence, and note such endorsement in the Register of Licensed Private Vehicles.
7. Each licence shall be valid for one year only from the 1st July.
8. No vehicle for which a licence has been granted, if for livery or trade, shall be used until the conditions as to numbering have been complied with.
9. Nothing in these Regulations contained shall be deemed to affect any bye-laws made by the Governor-in-Council under the provisions of the Licensing Consolidation Ordinance, 1887, which are now in force.
Motor Cars and Heavy Motor Cars.
10. The Captain, Superintendent of Police shall not issue a licence for any heavy motor car which is not in all respects in accordance with all the regulations relating to heavy motor cars that may for the time being be in force.
11. On every application to the Captain Superintendent of Police for a licence for a heavy motor car the owner shall declare the weight of the heavy motor car unladen, and shall produce to the Captain Superintendent of Police the maker's description or other satis- factory evidence of the correctness of such declaration. If such declaration afterwards prove to be incorrect to any material extent any licence which has been issued for the heavy motor car may be revoked by the Captain Superintendent of Police.