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Addition

of new section 5.4.

Addition of new

section BA.

Amendment of section 1.3.

3.

The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 5 of the following new section-

"Onus of proof in certain

CASES.

4.

SA. (1) Any regulation made under this Ordin- ance may provide that in any criminal proceedings for a contravention thereof

(a) it shall be for the person charged with such

contravention to prove certain facts; or

·

(b) facts may be presumed, with or without proof

of other facts, until the contrary is proved, (2) All regulations made heretofore, under this Ordinance making provision that in any criminal pro- ceedings for a contravention thereof for-

(a) the person charged with such contravention

to prove certain facts; or

-,"

(b) certain facts to be presumed, with or without the proof of other facts, until the contrary is proved,

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shall be deemed to have been made under subsection (r).".

The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 8 of the following new section-

"Prohibi- tion of bira

of bicycles

and

tricycles

to young children.

8A. (1) No person shall hire a bicycle or tricycle to a child of eight years or under.

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and upon summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.**.

*

Subsection (1) of section 13 of the principal Ordinance

is amended-

(a) by the insertion in paragraph (a) after the word "at"

where it occurs a second time of the following- "a speed exceeding";

(b) by the insertion in paragraph (b) after the word "at" of

the following-

"a speed exceeding''; and

(c) by the insertion in paragraph (c) after the word "at" of

the following

"a speed exceeding".

6. Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment insertion after the word "ambulance" in the third line of the 14. following--

of section

1

preventive service".

of section

7. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment deletion, in subsection (4), of paragraph (4) and the substitution 20. therefor of the following-

(50 of 1961).

8.

**(a) in the case of an offence under section 9, 10 or 13 of this Ordinance or under section 4 of the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance, 1951, for which a minimum period of disqualification is required to be imposed, the date of expiration of such period; and".

af section

Subsection (1) of section 29 of the principal Ordinance Amendment is amended by the deletion of the words "Any person who" and 29. the substitution therefor of the following-

"Any person who, with intent to defraud,-

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this zand day of October, 1958.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat GR33/3231/54)