Commis. sioner to notify registered owner of seizure of light bus,
Light buses to be detained for seven days.
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(3) For the purposes of seizing and removing a light bus under subsection (1), a police officer may- (a) order any person who is in or on the light
bus to alight from it;
(b) order any person who appears to him to be in possession of any keys to the light bus to give them to him or to any other person; and (c) enter and search any premises or place if he knows or bas reason to suspect that the light bus is in or on such premises or at such place.
(4) A police officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of entering or searching any premises or place under paragraph (c) of subsection (3) or of seizing or removing any light bus from such premises or place under subsection (1).
26F. If a light bus is seized and removed under subsection (1) of section 26E, the Commissioner shall serve forthwith by post on the registered owner of the light bus a notice in writing specifying the date of seizure and the place to which the light bus has been removed.
266. (1) Any light bus which is delivered to the place specified in a detention order or is seized and removed under subsection (1) of section 26E to such place shall be detained at such place by the Com- missioner-
(a) for a period of seven days following the date
of delivery or seizure; or
(b) if at the time the light bus is so delivered or seized, more than one detention order bas been made in respect of the light bus, for consecutive periods of seven days until all the detention orders have been complied with.
(2) If at the time a light bus is required to be delivered to the Commissioner in accordance with a detention order the light bus is detained under sub- section (1), the light bus shall be further detained under that order for seven days immediately following the period or periods of seven days for which it is detained as aforesaid.
Limitation
of liability for seizure. temoval or detention of *light buses.
Seizure fee and storage charge.
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(3) A light bus which has been detained under subsection (1) or (2) shall be detained thereafter until-
(a) the registered owner collects the light bus from such place in accordance with sub- section (4); or
(b) the Commissioner sells by public auction or otherwise disposes of the light bus under sub- section (1) of section 26J.
(4) The registered owner of a light bus which has been detained under subsection (1) or (2) may collect the light bus at any time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any day, other than a general holiday, after the expiry of the period or periods for which it has been detained, on payment of such fee and storage charges as are payable under subsections (1) and (2) of section 261, unless the Commissioner has sold by public auction or otherwise disposed of the light bus under subsection (1) of section 26J.
26H. No person who, under section 26E or sub- section (1) or (2) of section 260-
(a) seizes, removes or detains any light bus; or (D) assists in the seizure, removal or detention
of any light bus,
shall be liable in any manner whatsoever for any loss or damage arising out of or in the course of the seizure, removal or detention unless it is proved that the loss or damage has been caused by his wilful misconduct or negligence.
261. (1) The registered owner of a light bus which is seized and removed under section 26E shall pay to the Commissioner a seizure fee of one hundred dollars.
(2) The registered owner of a light bus which has been detained under subsection (1) or (2) of section 26G shall pay to the Commissioner a storage charge of five dollars for every day after the second day following the day on which the light bus ceased to be so detained, until the registered owner collects the light bus or the Commissioner sells the same by public auction or otherwise disposes of it under sub- section (1) of section 263.