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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1912.
105. A copy of the appropriate portion of Table A shall be inserted in every licence and shall be exhibited in a conspicuous position in every public vehicle to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
106. The driver of a public vehicle when unemployed shall not, unless so directed by a police officer, take up any position in a road except on a public stand appropriated to the class of vehicle in question.
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107. The driver of a public vehicle shall not loiter in any road so as to cause obstruc-
108. The driver of a public vehicle when taking up a position on a public stand shall place his vehicle at the rear of any vehicles already standing there..
109. The driver of a public vehicle shall not leave a public stand to accept hire out of his turn.
110. The public stands shall be those specified in Table B to these Regulations. Table B may be altered by the Captain Superintendent of Police. Any such alteration shall be gazetted.
111. The fares for public vehicles shall be those specified in Table A to these Regula- tions.
112. If any property be left in a public vehicle the driver shall forthwith take it to the nearest Police Station. Such property shall be advertised as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct and if claimed shall be handed over to the owner subject to a deduction of five per cent. on its value for the driver who brought the property to the Police Station. The value shall be assessed by the Captain Superintendent of Police in his absolute discre- tion. If the property be not claimed within three months from the date when it was brought to the Police Station it shall be sold as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct, and the proceeds shall be paid into the Treasury subject to a deduction of five per cent. for the driver who brought the property to the Police Station.
113. No public vehicle shall at any time carry a greater number of passengers than the number endorsed on the licence for such vehicle by the Captain Superintendent of Police: but two young persons under the age of 16 shall count as one passenger, and children under the of 4 shall not be counted as passengers.
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114. No public vehicle which is ordinarily used for the carriage of passengers shall be used for the carriage of animal or goods other than personal baggage.
115. No public vehicle shall be used for the conveyance of a corpse.
116. No public vehicle shall be used for the conveyance of any person suffering from an infectious disease. In any proceeding under this Regulation knowledge that the person was suffering from an infectious disease shall be pesumed until disproved.
117. Any public vehicle which may have been used for the conveyance of any corpse or of any person suffering from an infectious disease shall forthwith, and in any case before being used again, be thoroughly disinfected by the licensee to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
118. The hirer of a public vehicle or in his absence the person last using the vehicle shall pay the fare before, or immediately upon, the termination of the engagement..
119. No person shall wilfully damage any public vehicle.
120. No person shall ill-treat the driver of any public vehicle.
Miscellaneous.
121. Any person who shall have committed an offence against any of these Regula- tions
may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer.
122. Any person who shall have committed an offence against Regulation 55, 118, 119 or 120, may be arrested without a warrant by the driver of the vehicle who shall as soon as possible hand over such person to a police officer.
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