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Comunis- gioner may sell light bus after three months.
Offences under
Part IVA.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub- section (1) of section 261, any fee or charge which is payable to the Commissioner under subsection (1) or (2) may be recovered by or on behalf of the Commis- sioner as if it were a fine imposed by a court of summary jurisdiction.
261. (1) If a light bus is not collected by the registered owner thereof from the place in which it has been detained under section 26G before the expiry of a period of ninety days after the day on which it
was-
(a) delivered to that place in accordance with
the detention order; or
(b) seized under subsection (1) of section 26E, the Commissioner may sell the light bus by public auction, or otherwise dispose of it, and apply the proceeds, if any, in payment of--
() any vehicle licence fee due in respect of the
light bus; and
(ii) any fee or charge due under section 261.
(2) The Commissioner shall transfer the balance, if any, of the proceeds of the sale or disposal of a light bus under subsection (1) to the general revenue at the expiry of twelve months from the date of the sale or disposal, unless the balance has been claimed by the person who was the registered owner of the light bus immediately before the sale or disposal.
26K. Any person who~
(a) wilfully and without reasonable excuse dis- obeys an order given to him by a police officer under paragraph (a) or (b) of sub- section (3) of section 26E; or
(5) wilfully obstructs a public officer in the exercise or performance of any power or duty conferred or imposed by this Part or a person who is lawfully assisting any such public officer.
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.”.
5.
The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, at the end thereof, the following Schedule-
"SCHEDULE.
[6. 268(1Xa) & (2)]
ÖFFENCES ON PROOF OF WHICH DETENTION OF LIGHT BUS MAY BE ORDERED.
PART I
Public light buses.
1. An offence under section 11(0), 11(3), 12(1) or 14(1) of this Ordinance,
2. An offence under regulation 169 of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use) Regulations consisting of a contravention of paragraph (2) or (3) of regulation 137 of those Regulations,
3. An offence under regulation 34 of the Road Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Regulations consisting of a contravention of paragraph (2) ar (2A) of regulation 3 of those Regulations.
4. An offence under regulation 39 of the Road Traffic (Public Omnibus, Public Light Bus and Public Car) Regulations consisting of a con- travention of paragraph (e) of regulation 13 of those Regulations.
5. An offences under regulation 44 of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations consisting of a contravention of paragraph (6B) of regulation 29 of those Regulations.
6. An offence under regulation 8 or 17 of the Road Traffic (Ronda and
Signs) Regulations.
7. An offence under paragraph (2) of regulation 44 of the Road Traffic (Taxis, Public Omnibuses, Public Light Buses and Public Cars) Regulations,
PART II.
Private light buses.
An offence under regulation 44 of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations consisting of a contravention of paragraph (1) or (3) of regulation 29 of those Regulations.”.
Addition of Schedule.
6. Any regulation purporting to be made under the principal Validation. Ordinance and to be in force at the commencement of this Ordin- ance shall have effect from such date as if the amendments made by sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance had been in force at the time the regulation was made.
7. (0) Part VIA of the Road Traffic (Taxis, Public Omnibuses, Public Light Buses and Public Cars) Regulations, and Part IIA of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, are revoked.
(2) The Fourth Schedule to the Road Traffic (Taxis, Public Omnibuses, Public Light Buses and Public Cars) Regulations is deleted.
Revocation
of regulations. (Cap. 200, nub. lem.3