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made to give informa-

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was insured in respect of that liability by any policy having effect for purposes of this Ordinance, or would have been so insured tion as to if the insurer had not avoided or cancelled the policy, and, if he was or would have been so insured, give such particulars with respect to that policy as were specified in the certificate of insur- ance issued in respect thereof under subsection (3) of section 6.

insurance.

24 & 25 Geo. 5.

c. 50, s. 13.

Duty of

surrender

of

certificate

tion of

(a) If, without reasonable excuse, any person fails to comply. with the provisions of this section, or wilfully makes any false statement in reply to any such demand as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence.

14. Where a certificate of insurance has been issued under subsection (3) of section 6 in favour of the person by whom a policy has been effected and the policy is cancelled by mutual of cancella- consent or by virtue of any provision in the policy, the person in whose favour the certificate was issued shall, within seven days from the taking effect of the cancellation, surrender the certificate e. 60, s. 14, to the insurer or, if it has been lost or destroyed, make a statutory

declaration to that effect, and if he fails so to do he shall be guilty: of an offence.

policy.

24 & 25

Gep. 5.

Applica. tion of

sections 10 to 14 to securities.

24 & 25 Geo. 5,

15. The provisions of sections 10 to 14 inclusive shall apply in relation to securities having effect for the purposes of this Ordinance as they apply in relation to policies of insurance, and in relation to any such security as aforesaid, reference in the said sections to being insured, to a certificate of insurance, to an e. 60. 8. 15. insurer, and to persons insured, shall be construed respectively as references to the baving in force of the security, to the certificate of security, to the giver of the security, and to the persons whose liability is covered by the security.

Require. ments as

to

of

certificate

of

insurance or of

18. (1) Any person driving a motor vehicle on a road shall, on being so required by any police officer, give his name and production address and the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle and produce his certificate, and if he fails so to do or gives Provided a false name or address he shall be guilty of an offence: that, if the driver of a motor vehicle within five days after the date on which the production of his certificate was so required, produces the certificate together with the policy of insurance to 43, s. 40. which such certificate relates, in person at such police station as may have been specified by him at the time the production of the certificate was required, he shall not be convicted under this sub- section of the offence of failing to produce his certificate.

security.

20 & 21 Geo. 6,

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(a) It shall be the duty of the owner of a motor vehicle to give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of a police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector-

(a) as to the identity of the driver of the motor vehicle on any occasion when the driver was required under sub- section (1) to produce his certificate; or

(b) for the purpose of determining whether the vehicle was or was not being driven in contravention of section 4 on any occasion when the driver was required under this section to produce his certificate,

and if the owner fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) If in any case where, owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs involving personal injury to another person, the driver of the motor vehicle does not at any time produce his certificate to a police officer or to some person who, having reasonable grounds for so doing, has re- quired its production, the driver shall report the accident at a police station as soon as possible, and in any case within twenty- four hours of the occurrence of the accident and there produce his certificate, and if he fails so to do, be shall be guilty of an offence : Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this sub- section of the offence of failing to produce his certificate if, with- in five days after the occurrence of the accident, be produces the certificate in person together with the policy of insurance to which the certificate relates at such police station as may have bean specified by him at the time the accident was reported.

(4) In this section, the expression "produce his certificate" means produce for examination the relevant certificate of in- surance or certificate of security of such other evidence that the metor vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of section 4 as may be prescribed.

Fargery, etc. of certificates.

17. (1) If, with intent to decrive, any person- (a) forges, within the meaning of the Forgery Ordinance,

or uses or lends to or allows to be used by any other 20 & 21 person, a certificate of insurance or certificate of security within the meaning of this Ordinance; or

(b) makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling such a certificate as to be calculated to deceive,

he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

(2) If any person for the purpose of obtaining the issue of a certificate of insurance or of a certificate of security under this

Geo. 5.

25, a. 112.

(Cap. 209).