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allowed to wait or to remain in contravention of any of the provisions of regulation 3, 5, 9, 13 or 18 or paragraph (4) of regulation 6 or paragraph (5) of regulation 25:
Provided that no vehicle shall be towed away where it appears to contravene the provisions of regulation 13 unless-
(a) a period of not less than two hours has elapsed from the time at which the vehicle first appeared
to have been parked or to have remained in con- travention of regulation 13; and
(8) the parking meter erected in respect of the park- ing place in which the vehicle was parked or permitted to remain has been inspected and found to be free from any defect.
(2) Any vehicle taken away in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) may be detained by the Com- missioner until either-
(a) there is paid to the Commissioner a removal charge of fifty dollars and a storage charge of one dollar for every day after the second day during which the vehicle is detained and any parking fees incurred in respect of the period during which the vehicle was parked or allowed to wait prior to being removed; or
(8) the vehicle is released by order of a court or magistrate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3).
(3) Where a vehicle is detained in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and proceedings have been taken in respect of the offence by reason of which the vehicle was taken away, the court or magistrate in such proceedings may order that the vehicle be released and in such order may require that the appropriate removal and storage charges be paid to the Commissioner before the vehicle is released.
(4) When a vehicle is detained in accordance with the provisions of this regulation the Commissioner with all reasonable despatch shall give notice in writing to the owner, if the name and address of such owner is known to him, of the detention and if such vehicle is not claimed by
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the owner within three months of the date of its detcation the Commissioner thereafter may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of such vehicle and may apply-
(4) in payment of any vehicle licence fees which may
be due in respect of the vehicle;
(6) in payment of any charges incurred in carrying
out the provisions of these regulations;
(c) in payment of any damage caused to any property of Government by the unlawful use of such vehicle:
(d) in payment of any parking fees incurred in respect of the period during which the vehicle was parked or allowed to wait,
and any surplus remaining thereof shall be transferred to the general revenue of the Colony at the expiry of twelve months from the date of such sale or disposal if not pre- viously claimed by the owner of the vehicle.".
Regulation 11 of the principal regulations ja amended—
Amendment of regula-
(a) by the deletion, in paragraph (1), of everything after the words tion 11.
"the hours of" where they first appear and the substitution therefor of the following-
"8 a.m. and midnight on any day which is not a general holiday":
(b) by the deletion of paragraph (IA) and the substitution therefor
of the following-
*(1A) Every parking meter shall bear a plate or other device showing, in English and in Chinese characters-
(a) the period during which a charge is made for the use of the parking place, which period shall be within the period prescribed in paragraph (1); (6) the appropriate fee set forth in the Second Schedule which must be paid for the use of a parking space in the parking place, the period of time to which such fee relates and the denomina- tion of coin to be used for the payment of such fee.": and
Second Schedule.
(c) by the deletion of paragraph (1B).
7. Regulation 12 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion of the word "the" where it secondly occurs and the substitution
of regula- therefor of the following-
"a".
tion 12.
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