Conduct of conductor And gatcmao and of driver
where no conductar
is carried.
Sign boards
and notice.
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(d) shall stop his vehicle, if signalled to do so, at every bus stop which bears an indication that all public omnibuses or public cars or all such vehicles travelling on the route on which his vehicle is travelling should stop there it requested to do 50. to allow passengers or intending passengers to alight from or to board the vehicle:
Provided that a driver shall be under no obligation to stop his vehicle in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) for the purpose of picking up passengers, when his vehicle is displaying the signboard mentioned in paragraph (b) of regulation 18.
17. A conductor and a gateman of a public omnibus and of a public car, when acting as such, and, in the case of a public car where no conductor is carried, a driver-
(a) when a passenger on the vehicle gives adequate warning that he wishes to alight at the next bus stop shall give to the driver such signal as will inform the driver that the vehicle should be stopped at such place:
(b) shall not, except for sufficient reason, by failing to signal to the driver to start, cause the vehicle to remain stationary on a road longer than is reasonably necessary to pick up or set down passengers except at a stand or place where the vehicle is permitted to stop for a longer time than is necessary for that purpose:
(c) shall not neglect or refuse to admit and to carry at the lawful fare any passenger for whom there is room and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made;
(d) shall permit any passenger to bring with him such goods as may lawfully, safely and conveniently be carried on the vehicle; (e) shall not permit any animal to be carried on the vehicle; (f) shall not permit any person who is in a dirty condition to
enter in or to travel in the vehicle; and
(g) may refuse to permit any person, whom he has reason to believe to be intoxicated, mentally unbalanced or suffering from an infectious or a contagious disease, to enter in or travel in the vehicle.
18. A driver and a conductor of a public omnibus and of a public car, when acting as such shall ensure that—
(a) there is displayed on the front and on the rear of the vehicle signs and destination indicators, of such design and construc- tion as shall have been previously approved by the Authority. showing the route number and, in English and in Chinese characters, the destination of the vehicle and that all such
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signs and destination indicators are adequately illuminated at all times when, by the provisions of any other enactment. the lights of the vehicle are required to be illuminated :
Provided that the requirement that such signs and destina- tion indicators be displayed on the rear of a vehicle and be illuminated shall not, until the 1st day of October, 1962, apply to any vehicle which was first registered in accordance with the provisions of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of (G,NA, Vehicles) Regulations, 1956 before the date of coming into 89/55). operation of these regulations.
(2) a sign board with the words "BUS FULL" and the charac- ters "*" displayed thereon of such size and desigo as sbull be approved by the Authority is exhibited on the vehicle in such manner as to be easily visible to intending passengers, both by day and by night whenever passengers to the number which the vehicle is permitted to carry are travelling thereon but on ao other occasion and at no other time;
(c) there is displayed in and on the vehicle, to the satisfaction of the Authority, in English and in Chinese characters, details of the sections and a time table of the service on the route on which the vehicle is operating and a list of fares and charges authorized to be taken and the number of seated and standing passengers authorized to be carried on the vehicle.
19. (1) On any vehicle employed by an operator in fulfilment of Carriage of its obligations under a franchise a passenger may carry, without further Boods. charge, a package or packages of a total weight not exceeding ten pounds and a total volume not exceeding three cubic feet so long as such package or packages may be safely or conveniently carried.
(2) On any vehicle which, under the terms of the franchise, is permitted to be used for the carriage of goods in addition to the carriage of passengers. a passenger, on payment of the appropriate charge in respect thereof, may carry such goods as may be lawfully. safely and conveniently carried on the vehicle upon the following terms and conditions—
(2) no passenger shall carry goods of total weight exceeding one
hundred pounds;
(b) no package or item of baggage shall exceed fifty pounds in weight or five and two-fifths cubic feet in size, in addition to one bamboo or wooden pole not exceeding two and a half inches in diameter and five feet in length;
(c) no passenger shall be accompanied by more than ten pounds
of fresh fish or of dried fish.
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