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in possession of a driving licence permitting him to drive hire cars and taxis.
37. No person shall carry in a hire car a number of passengers of a weight of goods or a number of passengers and a weight of goods in excess of the number and weight shown in the vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle.
PART VI
Lost Property.
38. (1) Any person who finds any property accidentally left in a taxi or in a hire car shall immediately hand the same to the driver.
(2) Immediately after the termination of every hiring of a taxi or of a hire car the driver or, in the case of a hire car hired without the services of a driver, the person to whom the hire car was returned at the termination of the hiring, shall carefully search the vehicle, or, if careful search is then impracticable, shall look inside the vehicle to ascertain whether any property has been accidentally left therein and if he does not carefully search the vehicle at the termination of the hiring he shall do so as soon as is practicable thereafter.
39. (1) Any driver who finds any property left in a taxi or a hire car or any person to whom any such property is handed shall. within six hours, deposit such property at a police station in the state in which it was found by or handed to him and shall truly state the particulars of such finding:
Provided that if such property is sooner claimed by the owner thereof and satisfactory proof of ownership is given, it shall be restored to the owner forthwith instead of being deposited at a police station.
(2) Any property deposited in a police station in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of sections 35, 36 and 38 of the Police Force Ordinance.
PART VII.
Miscellaneous, Penalties and Repeal.
40. (1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Authority made in accordance with the provisions of these regulations within fourteen days of the notification to him by the Authority of such decision, or within such greater period as may be allowed by the Governor in Council, may appeal. by petition, to the Governor in Council and, so far as is practicable, the operation of such a decision shall be suspended until the petition has been heard and determined by the Governor in Council.
(2) On any such appeal, the Governor in Council may confirm. amend or reverse the decision of the Authority,
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41. (1) Any police officer in uniform of the rank of inspector or Powers of above may inspect, at any reasonable time, any taxi and any hire car inspection, and the place where the vehicle is normally kept when not hired.
(2) The Chief Officer, Fire Brigade and any member of the Fire Brigade authorized in writing by him may inspect at any reasonable time any place where a taxi or a hire car is normally kept when not hired.
(3) No person shall obstruct a police officer or a member of the Fire Brigade while he is exercising the powers conferred by paragraph (1) or (2).
penalties.
42. (1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of Offences and regulation 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27. 28. 29, 30, 32, 34, 37 or 38 or paragraph (2) or (3) of regulation 6, paragraph (3) of regulation 8. paragraph (4) of regulation 15. paragraph (2) of regulation 17. paragraph (2) of regulation 18. paragraph (2) of regulation 26, paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of regulation 33, paragraph (1) of regulation 39 or paragraph (3) of regulation 41 shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Where by these regulations a motor vehicle is required to comply with any specification or standard or any fitring, device, mark, apparatus or thing is required to be provided, carried or used on a vehicle or the motor vehicle is prohibited from being used either generally or in any specified manner, place or time in accordance with the conditions contained in a licence issued in respect of the motor vehicle. then, and in every such case, if the motor vehicle is upon or used in any road in contravention of the terms of such regulations or of any such conditions, the registered owner, driver and person in charge of the vehicle at the time of such contravention shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who commits any offence referred to in this regulation shall be liable, in the case of a first conviction for that offence, to a fine of five hundred dollars and imprisonment for three months and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for that offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
43. (1) Regulation 119, 151, 152, 153, 174A and 177 of the Rescission regulations headed "Vehicle and Traffic Regulation" appearing on pages
und emçnd- 723-816 of Volume II of the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 Edition) pans of
ment of
are rescinded,
the Vehicle and Traffic
(2) The provisions of regulation 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. Regulation. 55, 68, 112, 113, 114, 116 or 17 or of the regulation headed "Public (4 of 1912). Motor Vehicle Services" referred to in paragraph (1) of the regulations shall not apply to a tuxi or to a hire car.