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13. Provision for the Commissioner and others to act
and charge fees, and for absolute liability
Any regulation made under section 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 12A may- (Amended 31 of 1986 s. 6)
(a) empower the Commissioner, the Commissioner of Police or the Director of Highways to do any of the things or exercise any of the functions specified in such regulation and to charge such fee as may be prescribed by such regulation for the doing of any such thing or the exercise of any such function; (Amended L.N. 127 of 1986)
(b) give power for any person or class of persons, or any vehicle or class or description of vehicles, to be exempted from the application of any regulations made under this Ordinance; and
(c) provide for the absolute liability of owners of public service vehicles regarding the use of their vehicles and of the owners of all vehicles regarding the condition and fitness of their vehicles.
14. Onus of proof in certain cases
(1) Any regulation made under this Ordinance may provide that in any criminal proceedings for a contravention thereof
(a) it shall be for the person accused of such contravention to prove
certain facts; or
(b) facts shall be presumed, with or without proof of other facts,
until the contrary is proved.
(2) Any regulation made in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
14A. Transitional provisions in regulations
Any regulation made under this Ordinance may-
(a) provide for the continuance in force of any regulations made under the repealed Ordinance with such modifications, adaptations and transitional provisions as the Governor in Council sees fit; and
(b) provide for the modification, adaptation and transition of any reference in any Ordinance to the repealed Ordinance or any regulations made under the repealed Ordinance.
15. Penalties under the regulations
(Added 66 of 1984 s. 3)
Any regulation made under section 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A or 12B may provide that a contravention thereof shall be an offence, and may provide