Repeal of Ordinance No. 10 of 1902. 8. 51, and sub- stitution of new section.
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4. Section 51 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-
Repeal of Ordinance No. 10 of 1902, s. 52.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 10 of 1902, s. 60, and sub- stitution of new section.
"51. The company shall not be bound to find “accommodation for any passenger in or on any car in or on which the accommodation is fully "taken up, notwithstanding that such passenger may have purchased a ticket entitling him to "travel upon the tramway."
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5. Section 52 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.
6. Section 60 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :--
"Power to
detain per- "sons who "commit "offences."
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"60. It shall be lawful for any officer or servant of the company, and for any person "called by him to his assistance, to seize any person whom such officer or servant may have "reasonable grounds for believing to have com- "mitted any offence against this Ordinance or 'against any rule made thereunder, and to "detain such person until he can be handed over to a police officer, and any police officer "to whom any person is so handed over shall "detain any such person until he can con- 'veniently be brought before a magistrate, provided that it shall be lawful for any
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'police officer in his discretion to release such person upon being furnished by such person "with his true name and true address in the
Colony."
Objects and Reasons.
The two main objects of this bill are to increase the maximum speed allowable on the Hongkong Electric Tramway, and to give to the company's officers and ser- vants more satisfactory powers with regard to the detention of persons who commit offences against the Tramway Ordinance or against the rules made thereunder.
Clause 1 is formal.
Clause 2 raises the maximum speed by five miles per The present maximum has been found to be un-
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necessarily low.
Clause 2 also deals with the procedure for bringing new rules into operation. At present, a rule made by the Governor-in-Council cannot be brought into operation under a month, and a rule made by the company cannot be brought into operation under two months. This might he very inconvenient in case of emergency, and the clause will empower the Governor-in-Council to reduce either period if necessary in any particular case.
Clause 3 will relieve the company from the obligation to exhibit a list of the fares on the outside of the cars. It is impossible to find any place on the outside of the cars where such list would be of any real use.
Clause 4 improves the wording of section 51 of the Principal Ordinance.
Clause 5 will repeal a provision in the Principal Ordi- nance which is more appropriately dealt with in the rules made under the Ordinance.
Clause 6 deals with the question of the detention of offenders, and its main object is to prevent their evading the law by the expedient of giving a false name and address, or by refusing to give any name or address.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General.
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