Amcadine1
of section 9.
for a recognized or predetermined purpose, in accord- ance with a right or licence granted by or under any
enactment; or
(i) are hired or intended to be hired for the carriage of passengers under a contract expressed or implied, other than a hire purchase agreement, for the use of the vehicles as a whole at or for a fixed or agreed rate or sum, whether or not such contract makes provision for the driving of the vehicles by the hirers;":
(b) by the deletion in paragraph (e) of the words and comma
"hire cars.":
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(c) by the deletion of paragraphs] (f) and (g) and the substitution
therefor of the following-
"( public omnibuses, that is to say omnibuses which
either-
() stand or ply for hire and are used to carry passengers at separate and distinct fares within the Colony on a recognized and Predetermined route or for a recognized or predetermined purpose, in accord- ance with right or licence granted by or under any
enactment; or
(ii) are hired or intended to be hired for the carriage of passengers under a contract expressed or implied, other than a hire purchase agreement, for the use of the vehicles as a whole at or for a fixed or agreed rate or sum;";
(d) by the deletion in paragraph (h) of the words "or hire omni-
buses"; and
(e) by the deletion of paragraph (m).
3. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the dele. tion of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following
(Cap. 220).
"(2) on summary conviction, in the case of a first con- viction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction or of a conviction subsequent to a conviction under section 4 of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months; or".
4.
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Section 26 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by the insertion, after the words "so required" where they appear in both paragraph (5) and paragraph (c) of subsection (1), of the following-
**(such requirement having been made within fourteen days after the date of the alleged offence)"; and
(b) by the insertion, after subsection (2), of the following new sub-
section-
*(3) A requirement under paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) may be in writing and may be served on the owner of the vehicle concerned or other person, as the case may be, by post.”.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the Sth day of August, 1964, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretariat GR33/3231/54)
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
Amendment
of section 26.