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(d) retain his ticket while he is on the vehicle and produce it for inspection and, if required, for punching, when requiral to do so by any authorized employee of the operator in uniform, or, if he fails so to do, pay the fare for the journey taken or to be taken by him;

(e) if required to do so surrender his ticker to any authorized employee of the operator in uniform at the end of the journe covered by that ticket;

() if required to do so surrender any period or season ticket held by him at the expiry of the period for which it was issued to him:

(g) if required to do so by any employee of the operator, in uniform, surrender any ticket held by him either on comple tion of the journey or journeys covered by that ticket or à exchange for a new ticket covering the journcy or journey he is still entitled to take or in the case of a season ticket on the expiry thereof.

(3) No passenger shall travel or attempt to travel on a public omnibus or a public car without paying the fare for the journey and the proper charges for any goods lawfully carried at his request c the vehicle.

(4) No passenger shall leave or attempt to leave a public omnibus or a public car without paying the fare for the journey which he has taken and the charge for any goods lawfully carried at his request co the vehicle with intent to avoid the payment thereof,

(5) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to- (a) the following persons on duty and in uniform, namely, an

member of the Police Force, the Hong Kong Auxiliary Poller Force, the Preventive Service or the District Watch Force or any postman; or

(b) the following persons on duty and in possession of a pas

issued by the operator, which pass is produced for inspecti on demand, namely, any member of the Police Force or the Preventive Service.

24. The purchase of a ticket shall not entitle any passenger ( accommodation on any particular public omnibus or to travel in a superior class to that for which the ticket is issued, even if the class for which the ticket is issued contains its authorized complement.

25. Any servant of an operator in uniform and on duty may apprehend any person whom he believes, ou reasonable grounds, have committed any offence against these regulations and may detail such person until he can be handed over to a police officer.

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Lost property.

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16. Any person who finds any property accidentally left in a public Property to omnibus or in a public car shall immediately hand it in the state in |which he finds it to the conductor, or, if no conductor is carried on the vehicle, to the driver, who shall deal with it in accordance with these regulations.

27. Immediately before or on the termination of any journey, à Duties of

conductor. conductor, or, in the case of a public car on which no conductor is carried, the driver, so far as is practicable, shall search the vehicle in which be is on duty for any property accidentally left therein, and as soon as may be and in any case within twelve hours, shall hand any such property together with any property handed to him in accordance with the provisions of regulation 26 in the state in which it came into his possession, to the operator or to such employee of the operator as shall be authorized by the operator to receive any such property and such person shall give to the conductor a receipt for the property :

Provided that-

(a) any property found by or handed to a conductor or a driver may, if he goes off duty before the completion of the journey, cither be dealt with by him in accordance with this regulation or be handed by him, in the state in which it came into his possession to the conductor or driver who goes on duty in his place, who shall give him a receipt therefor and deal with it in accordance with the provisions of this regulation; and

(b) if, before such property has been handed to the operator or to his employee, it is claimed by a person who satisfies the conductor or the driver that he is the owner thereof, it shall be returned to that person forthwith, without fee or reward, on such person giving a receipt therefor containing his signature and address to the conductor or the driver who shall, as soon as may be, report the facts and give the claimant's receipt and a description of the property to the operator or to his duly authorized employee.

28. The operator shall keep a record of the particulars of any Record of property handed in by a conductor or by a driver in accordance with property. the provisions of regulation 27, the circumstances in which it was found and the name of the conductor or driver into whose possession it first came and the ultimate disposal of the property under these regulations and such record shall, at all reasonable times, be available for inspec- tion by any police officer.