Saving
Penalties,
Application to the Crown.
Revocation.
(G.N.A. 19/54).
Commence-
(2) The Authority may cause to be crected and maintained- (a) prescribed traffic signs in the form of diagram Number 41 in the Schedule at or near points of entry into silent zones: (5) prescribed traffic signs in the form of diagram Number 44 in the Schedule at or near points of departure from silent zones. (3) Any person who sounds a warning instrument-- (a) in a silent zone; or
(b) between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m..
shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that it shall be a good defence to a charge under this regulation to prove that the circumstances were such that the warning instrument was sounded in the interests of the safety of any person or for the protection of property.
(4) This regulation shall not apply to any person driving any vehicle on an occasion when such vehicle is being used for fire brigade, ambulance, preventive services, or police purposes, if compliance with this regulation would be likely to hinder the use of such vehicle on such occasion.
19. Any traffic sign situate on or near any road immediately before the coming into operation of these regulations and then com- plying with the provisions of any enactment then in force shall for so long as it continues to comply with the said provisions be deemed to have the same effect as if such enactment had not been revoked.
20. Any person who is guilty of an offence under these regulations shall be liable, in the case of a first conviction for any such offence, to a fine of five hundred dollars and imprisonment for three mouths and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for any such offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
21. These regulations shall apply to vehicles and persons in the public service of the Crown in the same manner as Parts III, IV, V and VI of the Ordinance are applied by subsection (1) of section 31 of the said Ordinance.
22. (1) Regulations 27, 32A, 42, 71, 74, 82, 179, 180, 181 and 181A of the regulations headed "Vehicles and Traffic Regulation" appearing on pages 723-766 of Volume II of the Regulations of Hoog Koog (1937 Edition) are revoked.
(2) The Vehicle and Road Traffic (Silent Zones) Regulations, 1954, are revoked.
23. Regulation 18 and paragraph 2 of regulation 22 shall not meat of regu- come into operation until the day appointed by the Governor by pro-
clamation in the Gazette for their commencement.
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SCHEDULE.
(regs. 2 and 3.)
Except where otherwise indicated in any diagram, the letters, numbers, symbols, arrows and borders on the signs shown in the Schedule shall be black on a white ground. The minimum dimensions are shown and all dimensions except width and radius of any border may be increased, except that the minimum and maximum dimensions of the signs depicted in Diagram Nov. 22 to 26 inclusive, 28 to 32 inclusive 37 and 39 to 42 inclusive may not be altered.
Small circles shown in any of the diagrams in this Schedule indicato reflectors, but this indication by itself shall not be taken as a requirement that reflectors must form part of the sign or any attachment thereto to which that diagram relates.
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12-DIA, REFLECTORS
18"
RED
18"
DIAGRAM NO. 1.
WHITE OR
HOLLOW CENTRE.
Note: The signs shown in Diagram Nos. 2 to 18 inclusive: 20 to 21 may be surmounted by a triangle of the size, colour, and type shown je Diagram No. 1, and such signs shall be erected to indicate a warning of danger.
Warning signs shown in Diagram Nos. 2 to 18 inclusive; 20 to 21 may be fixed to
a common post surmounted by one warning triangle at any site where the dangert to which the sign relates are adjacent to that site.
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