(Cap. 220).
Drunken-
charge of rickshaw etc.
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(b) in the case of a second or subsequent conviction or in the case of a conviction for such an offence subsequent to a conviction for an offence under section of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance, not less than three years; Provided that-
(i) where a period of not less than three years has elapsed since his last previous conviction for an offence under this section or under section 5 of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance, the court or magistrate may deal with the offence as a first offence; and
(ii) where the offence is that of being in charge of a motor vehicle on any road while under the influence of drink or drugs to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle, the court may, if for any special reason it thinks fit to do so, order that there shall be no disqualification or that the period of disqualification shall be such lesser period than that otherwise required by this subsection as the court may think fit.
(3) A special reason within the meaning of subsection (2) may consist of proof by the person convicted that-
(a) at the material time the circumstances were such thai there was no likelihood of his driving the motor vehicle so long as he remained under the influence of drink or drugs to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of a motor vehicle; and
(b) between his becoming incapable of having proper control of a motor vehicle by reason of his being under the influence of drink or drugs and the material time he had not driven a vehicle on a road.
11. Any person who drives or attempts to drive, or is in ness etc. in charge of a vehicle drawn by horse or by any other animal or a rickshaw or a chair or a bicycle or a tricycle on a road, while be is under the influence of drink or drugs to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence and, on summary conviction, shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
Careless driving.
12. (1) Any person who drives carelessly shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to Sne of one thousand dollars and in the case of a first conviction to
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imprisonment for three months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction or in the case of a conviction subsequent
to a conviction under section 6 of the Vehicle and Road Traffic (Cap. 220). Ordinance to imprisonment for six months.
(2) A person drives carelessly within the meaning of this section if on a road he drives a vehicle without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road.
(3) A court or magistrate before whom a person is convicted of an offence under this section, unless for any special reason il thinks fit to order otherwise, shall order particulars of the convic- tion to be endorsed on any driving licence held or obtained by such person.
13. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 14 any person General who drives a motor vehicle...
(a) on a restricted road at a speed exceeding thirty miles an hour or at such other speed as may be specified in relation to that road by an order made under subsection (6); or (b) on a road other than a restricted road, at such speed as may be specified in relation to that road by any other enactment; or
(c) at such speed as may be specified in relation to motor vehicles of the same class as that motor vehicle by any other enactment;
shall be guilty of an offence and, on summary conviction, shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.
(2) A person convicted of a third or subsequent offence under this section or under any repealed enactinent relating to the speed at which any vehicle shall be driven on any road shall be dis- qualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of not less than six months:
Provided that where a period of not less than three years has elapsed since his last previous conviction for such an offence, the court or magistrate may deal with the offence as a first offence.
(3) Where a road which is subject to any restriction in respect of the speed at which a motor vehicle may be driven on such road leads directly into or out of a road which is not subject to such restriction, it shall be a good defence for any person charged with an offence under this section for exceeding the speed limit applicable to the restricted road to prove that he entered upon
speed limit on certain roads.