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[Subsidiary]
CAP. 374] Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations [1984 Ed.
Application for and issue of international driving permits. L.N. 259/84.
Second Schedule.
Ninth Schedule.
Visiting drivers from abroad.
Application of other provisions to visiting drivers.
PART V
INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMITS
36. (1) Any person who wishes to obtain an international driving permit under the 1926 Convention, or the 1949 Convention, shall deliver to the Commissioner an application therefor in a form specified by the Commissioner, signed by the applicant, together with-
(a) 2 photographs of himself;
(b) his identity document; and
(c) a full driving licence held by him.
(2) On receipt of an application under paragraph (1) and of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule, the Commissioner on being satisfied that the applicant-
(a) is competent to drive a motor vehicle of the class specified in the application;
(b) is resident in Hong Kong; and
(c) has attained the age of 18 years or, in the case of an application for an international driving permit in respect of the driving of a goods vehicle or a bus, has attained the age of 21 years.
may issue for use outside Hong Kong an international driving permit in each or either of Form 1 and 2 in the Ninth Schedule.
37. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a visitor who holds-
(a) a valid international driving permit; or
(b) a valid domestic driving permit or domestic driving licence, issued in a place outside Hong Kong
may drive in Hong Kong, during the period of 12 months following the date of his last entry into Hong Kong, a motor vehicle of any class which he is authorized by that permit or licence to drive notwithstanding that he is not a holder of a driving licence issued under these regulations, but so long as he has attained the age specified in regulation 7 for the issue of such driving licence in respect of the class of motor vehicle.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not authorize a person to drive a motor vehicle of any class if he is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence to drive a motor vehicle of that class.
38. Where, pursuant to section 71 of the Ordinance, a court has forwarded to the Commissioner an international driving permit, domestic driving permit or domestic driving licence of a person who has been disqualified, the Commissioner shall--
(a) record particulars of the disqualification on the permit or licence: