1989 Ed.]

Public Bus Services Regulations

[CAP. 230

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[Subsidiary]

(c) shall stop his bus at every bus stop which bears an indication that all buses or all buses travelling the route on which his bus is travelling should stop there;

(d) shall stop his bus, if signalled to do so, at every bus stop along the route on which his bus is travelling to allow passengers or intending passengers to alight from or to board his bus:

Provided that a driver shall be under no obligation to stop his bus in accordance with paragraph (d) for the purpose of picking up passengers when his bus is displaying the sign board specified in regulation 7(1)(d).

10. Conduct of conductor and of driver when no conductor is carried

(1) A conductor of a bus when acting as such-

(a) shall, when a passenger in the bus gives adequate warning that he wishes to alight at the next bus stop, give to the driver such signal as will inform the driver that the bus should be stopped at such place; (b) shall not, except for sufficient reason, by failing to signal the driver to start, cause the bus to remain stationary on a road longer than is reasonably necessary to pick up or set down passengers except at a stand or place where the bus is permitted to stop for a longer time than is necessary for that purpose.

(2) A conductor of a bus, when acting as such, and in the case of a bus in which no conductor is carried, a driver-

(a) shall not neglect or refuse to admit and to carry at the lawful fare any passenger or intending passenger who can be accommodated without exceeding the authorized capacity of the bus and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made;

(b) shall permit any passenger to bring with him such goods as may lawfully, safely and conveniently be carried on the bus;

(c) shall not permit any animal, other than a guide dog accompanying a blind person, to be carried on the bus;

(d) may refuse to permit any person who is in a dirty condition to enter in or travel in the bus;

(e) may refuse to permit any person, whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be intoxicated, mentally unbalanced or suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, to enter in or travel in the bus;

(f) may refuse to permit any person, whom he has reasonable cause to believe is carrying goods of a dangerous or offensive nature, to enter in or travel in the bus.

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