Wednesday, January 30, 1974
FIXED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN TRAFFIC OFFENCES
25 Per Cent Saving In Police Time
The Attorney-General, Mr. John Hobley, said today that the new
legislation to streamline traffic offence procedures and make Hong Kong's roads cafer would result in a 25 per cent saving in police time as well as
save the time of the courts.
Last year, he said, almost half a million police man-hours were
taken up in implementing the existing procedures.
"The problem could be solved quite substantially if drivers and vehicle owners showed more consideration and honoured the responsibilities which go with the right to drive and the ownership of a vehicle," he added,
Mr. Hobley was speaking in the Legislative Council when he moved the second reading of the Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings) Bill 1974.
He said the government considered that some change in the existing
The first was that the procedures was essential for two main reasons. resources of the Police Force might be used to the best advantage from the point of view of the public, and the second was that the new legislation would ensure that offences against traffic laws could be brought home to
offenders swiftly and effectively.
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Mr. Hobley said that the Bill had two main points.
He emphasised that Part Two of the Bill, which seeks to introduce a fixed penalty system for a wide range of traffic offences, was concerned
entirely with the enforcement procedures.
It did not create any new traffic
offences and, therefore, did not affect the substantive law,
/Mr. Hobely