Addition of new section
26A.
(b) by the deletion of paragraph (c) and the substitution therefor
of the following-
"(c) any other person shall, within fourteen days of being so required, give such information as may be required by a police officer, being information which it is in his power to give and which may lead to the identi- fication of the driver.”.
4. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 26, of the following new section-
"Proot la Summary proceedings,
of identity
ot driver
of vehicle.
26A. Where in any summary proceedings in respect of an offence under any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder~ {
(a) it is proved to the satisfaction of the court or magistrate, on oath, that a requirement under, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 26 to give information as to the identity of the driver of a particular vehicle on the particular occasion to which the proceedings relate has been served by post on the accused in the proceedings; and (b) if a statement in writing is produced to the court or magistrate purporting to be signed by the accused that the accused was the driver of that vehicle on that occasion.
the court or magistrate may accept that statement as evidence that the accused was the driver of that vehicle on that occasion, until the contrary is proved.”.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 19th day of July. 1961, and is found by me to be a true and correctly priated copy of the said Bill.
Alad
Clerk of Councila,
(Secretariat GR33/3231/541
HONG KONG
No. 30 of 1961.
I assent.
Crands Zurgess
Officer Administering the Government.
3rd August, 1961.
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a service to be known as the Immigration Service, to vest certain powers in its members and to provide for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid.
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Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-—-—-
PART I.
Preliminary.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Immigration Service Short due Ordinance, 1961, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.
and com- mencensent.