Amendment
of scgula- tiem 25.
to
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to the motor vehicle as to assist the driver, if he so desires, to become aware of traffic to the rear of the vehicle.
(2) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply
(a) a motor cycle with or without a side car attached; (5) a road roller;
(c) a pedestrian controlled vehicle; and
(d) a motor vehicle when drawing a trailer if a person is carried on the trailer in a position which affords an uninterrupted view to the rear and such person is provided with sufficient means of communicating to the driver the effect of signals given by the drivers of other vehicles in the rear thereof.".
6. Regulation 25 of the principal regulations is amended by the insertion in paragraph (1) after the word "red" of the following-
"'or amber".
7. The principal regulations are amended by the addition after new regula regulation 30 of the following-
Addition of
tion 30A.
"Construc
tion of dual-
Purpose
vehicles.
30A. Every dual-purpose vehicle shall be a vehicle of which the weight unladen does not exceed two tons and which satisfies the following conditions as to construction, namely:--
(a) the vehicle must be permanently fitted with a rigid
roof, with or without a sliding panel;
(b) the area of the vehicle to the rear of the driver's
seat must-
(i) be permanently fitted with at least one row of transverse seats, fixed or folding, for two or more passengers and those seats must be properly sprung or cushioned and provided with upholstered backrests, attached either to the seats or to a side or the floor of the vehicle; and
(ü) be lit on each side and at the rear by a window of glass or other transparent material having an area or aggregate area of not less than two square feet on each side and not less than one hundred and twenty square inches at the rear; and (c) the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the backrests of the row of transverse seats satisfying the requirements
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specified in head (i) of sub-paragraph (b) or, if there is more than one such row of seats, the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the backrests of the rearmost such now. must, when the seats are ready for use, be not less than one-third of the distance between the rear- most part of the steering wheel and the rearmost part of the floor of the vehicle.”.
8. Regulation 35 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion of paragraph (1) and the substitution therefor of the following don 35.
of regala-
"(1) (a) The sum of the weights transmitted to the road by all the wheels of an omnibus shall not exceed fourteen tonst and
(b) the weight so transmitted by any two wheels of the vehicle in line transversely shall not exceed nine and a half tons: Provided that the Commissioner by permit in writing subject to such terms and conditions and for such period as appears to him necessary may authorize the use of an omaïbus when the sum of the weights transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of the vehicle exceeds fourteen tous.”.
new regula- tion 85A.
9. The principal regulations are amended by the addition after Addition of regulation 85 of the following new regulation— "Fare plates on rickshaw.
85A. Every rickshaw licensed to be used as a public vehicle shall exhibit at all times in such manner as to be clearly visible to intending passengers a plate of a size not less than six inches by six inches bearing in white on a black background, în letters, figures and characters not less than half an inch high, the following—
"Fare-For every five minutes, 50c.
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10. Regulation 94 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion of paragraph (2) and the substitution therefor of the following of regula-
"(2) No person other than the driver and, in the case of a goods vehicle of a weight unladen not exceeding two tons, not more than one person or such other number of persons as shall be stipulated in the vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle or, in the case of any other goods vehicle, not more than six persons, shall be carried on a goods vehicle:
Provided that the Commissioner, by permit in writing subject to such terms and conditions as appear to him necessary may authorize any persons in excess of six in number to travel on a goods vehicle.".
Hon 94.