Amendment
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or the Commissioner of Police and stating any particulars in the register of motor vehicles maintained by the Commis- sioner in accordance with regulations made under this Ordin- ance shall be admitted in evidence on its production without further proof and-
(d) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed
that the certificate is so signed; and
(b) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts stated therein.".
Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
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(a) by inserting, after subsection (4), the following new,
subsections—
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"(4A) Except as otherwise provided by this' Ordinance or by regulations made thereunder, oo person shall drive a vehicle on a road unless he has his driving licence with him at the time he is driving. (4B) Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (4A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months."; and
(b) by inserting, after subsection (6), the following new
subsection-
*(7) To any proceedings under any Ordinance, a certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police and stating any particulars in the record of driving licences kept by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations made under this Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence on its production without further proof and—
(a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the certificate is so signed; and
(b) the certificate shall be prima facie evidence
of the facts stated therein.".
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4. Section 22(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (c) and
substituting the following--
"; or"; and
(b) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following-
"(d) in the case of an offence under section 15, he was served with a notice under section 33) of the Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings) Ordin- ance 1974 and has failed to comply therewith.**.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 14th day of August, 1974.
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly primed copy of the said bill.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
Amendment
of section 22.