1989 Ed.] Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles)
Regulations
[CAP. 374
D 27
[Subsidiary]
"disabled person” means a person who is the holder of a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Director of Health or the Director of Hospital Services stating that such person is suffering from a permanent disease or physical disability that causes him considerable difficulty in walking. (L.N. 353 of 1988; L.N. 76 of 1989)
48. Offences in relation to fares
(1) No person shall-
(a) hire a taxi, knowing or having reason to believe that he cannot pay the legal fare chargeable under regulation 47 and with intent to avoid payment of the legal fare;
(b) dishonestly endeavour to avoid payment of a legal fare lawfully due from him; or
(c) having failed or refused to pay the fare demanded by the driver of a taxi, either refuse to give to the driver of the taxi his name and an address at which he can be found or give, with intent to deceive, a false name or address.
(2) No person shall--
(a) board a public bus or a public light bus, knowing or having reason to believe that he cannot pay the fare and with intent to avoid payment of the fare; or
(b) dishonestly avoid payment of a fare due from him.
(3) In subregulation (2) “fare”, in relation to a public light bus, means the fare indicated on the card displayed on the vehicle under regulation 50(3).
49. Use of taximeter, etc.
(1) The driver of a taxi available for hire shall
(a) display the taximeter indicator; and
(b) during the hours of darkness keep the roof "TAXI" sign illuminated.
(2) The driver of a taxi as soon as the taxi has been hired shall move the taximeter indicator to the recording position and as soon as the hiring has terminated shall return the taximeter indicator to the non-recording position.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2) the hiring of the taxi shall commence from the time at which the journey begins or the time at which the taxi is first made immediately available to the hirer at the time and place appointed by the hirer, whichever first occurs.
(4) If for the distance covered the taximeter records a fare clearly higher than the legal fare chargeable under regulation 47, the hirer of the taxi shall not be obliged to pay to the driver more than the legal fare.