1956-HKRS30-8-46_Part05 — Page 42

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SECOND SCHEDULE,

Provisions na to display of registration mark, Diagram No. 1.

H

242

Diagram Mon, 2.

H 242

Diagram No. 3.

[reg. 8.]

PUBLIC VEHICLE

242 H

The alternative diagrams above are specimen identification marks

drawn approximately to a scale of one-quarter.

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Provisions to be complied with.

1. The registration mark of the vehicle must be arranged in conformity with the arrangement of letters and figures on one or other of the diagrams.

2. (1) The registration mark in respect of any motor vehicle other than a public omnibus, a taxi or a goods vehicle shall be indelibly inscribed in black upon a white surface.

(9) The registration mark in respect of a public omnibus shall be indelibly Inscribed in white upon a red surface,

(8) The registration mark in respect of a taxi shall be indelibly in- scribed in white upon a green surfacé.

(4) The registration mark in respect of a goods vehicle licensed for ase only in accordance with item of the Third Schedule shall be indelibly inscribed in black upon a yellow surface.

(5) The registration mark in respect of any goods vehicle licensed for general use sbali be white upon a black surface.

(6) No letter or figure shall be capable of being detached from such surface, provided that it shall not be an infringement of these regulations if the letters or figures are made separately and either welded or firmly rivetted on to such surface. If the letters and figures are exhibited on à flat plate, the plate may be constructed of cast or pressed metal having raised letters,

3. (1) The registration mark in respect of any motor vehicle other than a public omnibus, hire omnibus, taxi or public car may, at the option of the owner, be displayed in either of the shapes shown in diagrams Nos. 1 and 2.

(2) In the case of a public omnibus, hire omnibus, laxi or public car the registration mark shall be displayed in the shape shown in diagram No. 3.

4. (1) All letters and figures except in the case of a public omnibus, kira omnibus, taxi or public car, must be three and a half inches high, every part of every letter and figure nrust be five eighths of an inch broad, and the total width of the space taken by every letter or figure, except in the case of the figure 1, must be two and a half inches.

(2) In the case of a public omnibus, hire omnibus, taxi or public car the letter forming the words "Public Vehicle" must be one inch high, every part of every letter must be one eighth of an inch broad and the total width of the space taken by every letter must be half an inch and all other letters and all figures must be three inches high, every part of every letter and figure must be three eighths of an inch broad and the total width of the space taken by every letter or figure, except in the case of the figure 1, must be one and a balf inches.

5. The space between adjoining letters and between adjoining figures must be half an inch, and there must be a margin between the nearest part of any letter or figure and the top or bottom of the surface upon which the registration mark is inscribed of at least half an inch and between the nearest part of any letter or figure and the sides of the surface of at least one inch.

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(1) Where the registration mark is arranged in accordance with diagram No. 1, the space between the upper and lower line must be three quarters of an inch.

(2) Where the registration mark is arranged in accordance with diagram No. 2, the space between the letter and the figures must be one and a half inches: