THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JANUARY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 27.
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The following Rules made by the Governor in Council, under the provisions of Ordinance 5 of 1883, are published for general information.
Any breach of these Rules renders the offender liable to a penalty of $25, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for three months, under section 5 of the Ordinance.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1887.
Rules made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of Section 4 of Ordinance 5 of 1883. (The Vehicles and
Public Traffic Ordinance, 1883.)
1. Licences for public vehicles shall be issued by the Captain Superintendent of Police, who may, in his discretion, refuse to issue any licence. Not more than 500 licences for jinrickshas shall be current at any one time. Every Licence shall be taken out half-yearly or for the residue of the current half-year, and shall expire on the thirty-first day of May or on the thirtieth day of November, and the holder thereof shall be subject to the following rules.
2. The following fees for Licences shall be paid :-
(a.) For every wheeled vehicle,
(b.) For every chair,......
(c.) For every driver or bearer of a vehicle..
3. No Licence shall be transferable.
$6.00
1.00
0.30
4. No holder of a licence for a vehicle shall let out his vehicle to any bearer or driver not being the holder of a lawful licence as bearer or driver.
5. Every licensed vehicle shall have thereto affixed, or painted thereon in such conspicuous places as the Captain Superintendent of Police directs, the number of its licence in figures not less than two inches in length.
6. No jinricksha licensed for the first time after the publication of these Rules shall exceed 36 inches in breadth between the wheels, or shall have tires to such wheels of less breadth than 1 inch. Such tires must be flat, not bevelled, and the hood of such jinricksha must afford a clear height from the
upper side of the cushion of 41 inches.
7. The driver or bearer of every licensed vehicle shall wear conspicuously a distinguishing badge bearing the number of his own licence. Should such badge be made of leather or metal, or of both, the Captain Superintendent of Police may demand a deposit of twenty-five cents for each badge, such deposit to be returned to the owner on the expiry of his licence and the return of the badge.
8. For each jinricksha there shall be two licensed drivers, who need not, however, both be in charge of the vehicle at the same time.
9. Each licensed driver or bearer of a vehicle shall be photographed, free of cost to himself; one copy of such photograph shall be attached to his licence, and one shall be retained by the Captain Superin- tendent of Police.
10. The licensee of every vehicle shall attend with his vehicle at such times and places as may be directed by the Captain Superintendent of Police for the inspection of such vehicle, and shall not leave such place of inspection until authorised to do so by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
11. The Captain Superintendent of Police may require the licensee of any vehicle to provide, and attach to such vehicle in such manner and in such place as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct, a list of the authorised fares for such vehicle, of such material and pattern as the Captain Superin- tendent of Police may direct.
12. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse a licence in respect of any vehicle which in his opinion is not as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public use, or for any misconduct on the part of the owner or driver or bearer. If a licence has been granted he may, for either of the above- mentioned reasons, withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited.
13. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse a licence in respect of any driver or bearer who in his opinion is improperly clothed. If a licence has been granted he may, in such case, withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited.
14. Every Person obtaining a licence for a vehicle shall give, upon receiving his licence, security in the sum of fifty dollars by the bond of himself and of some person or persons to the satisfaction of Captain Superintendent of Police, for the appearance at any time of the licensee and also of the driver or bearers of the vehicle when they shall respectively be thereunto required, and for his duly paying all fines which shall be imposed in respect of the vehicle or the driver or bearer thereof, and all damages which may be recovered for injuries committed in respect of the vehicle or by the driver or bearer thereof; the bond to be in such form as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall require.