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in volume. All such personal luggage shall be carried by hand and at the responsibility of the passenger, and shall not occupy any part of a seat nor be of a form or description to annoy or inconvenience other passengers.
(Amended 51 of 1911; 2 of 1912 Schedule; L.N. 156 of 1977)
55. Payment of fares
The authorized fares shall be paid to such persons and at such place and in such manner as the company may, by notice annexed to the list of fares, appoint.
(Replaced 32 of 1946 s. 6. Amended 20 of 1948 s. 4)
55A. Exemption of hire service and tour service
(1) Sections 50, 51 and 55 shall not apply to a tramway service that is a hire service or a tour service.
(2) The maximum number of cars that may be used at any time to operate a tour service shall be subject to the approval in writing of the Commissioner for Transport.
(3) On every car used on a tour service, the fare payable shall be displayed conspicuously on the front and near side of the car in English and Chinese so as to be easily visible to intending passengers before boarding.
(4) For the purposes of this section-
(a) "designated tram stop" means a place designated as a tram stop in accordance with regulations made under section 38;
(b) "hire service" means a service for the carriage of passengers where a person hires a car for a period subject to payment;
(c) "tour service" means a service for the carriage of passengers at separate fares from one designated tram stop to another such stop on the route of a car which-
(i) is designed for the purpose of sightseeing by the passengers;
(ii) is conspicuously marked "tour tram" in English and Chinese; and
(iii) has an entry gate operated by a conductor.
(Added 9 of 1988 s. 2)
ABANDONMENT OF UNDERTAKING
56. On abandonment, road to be restored
If the company abandons its undertaking or any part thereof and takes up the tramway or any portion thereof, it shall, with all convenient speed and in all cases within 8 weeks at the most (unless the Director otherwise consents in writing), fill in the ground and make good the surface and restore to the