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officer his correct name and address and any information concerning the vehicle which it is in his power to give;

(b) the owner of the vehicle shall, within four- teen days of being so required (such require- ment having been made within fourteen days after the date of the alleged offence), give such information as may be required by a police officer or an authorized officer as to the identity of the driver of the vehicle; and (c) any other person shall, within fourteen days of being so required (such requirement hay- ing been made within fourteen days after the date of the alleged offence), give such in-1 formation as may be required by a police officer or an authorized officer, being in- formation which it is in his power to give and which may lead to the identification of the driver.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars:

Provided that in the case of any proceedings against the owner of a vehicle it shall be a sufficient defence if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained the identity of the driver.

(3) A requirement made under paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) may be in writing and may be served on the owner of the vehicle concerned or other person, as the case may be, by post.".

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 13th day of March, 1969.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat ECON 6/3231/64)

HONG CÙNG

No. 11 or 1969.

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I assent.

Wrench

Governor.

13th March, 1969.

An Ordinance to provide for the demonetization of five cent, ten cent and one dollar currency notes and for the consolidation of the law in respect of the issue of limited legal tender currency notes.

[1st September. 1969.)

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

L. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dollar and Subsidiary Short title Currency Notes Ordinance 1969, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of September 1969.

2. (1) All five cents and ten cents currency notes issued by the Financial Secretary under section 2 of the Subsidiary Currency Notes Ordinance shall cease to be legal tender in Hong Kong from the commencement of this Ordinance.

(2) All one dollar currency notes issued by the Financial Secretary under section 2 of the Dollar Currency Notes Ordinance shall cease to be legal tender in Hong Kong from the commence- ment of this Ordinance.

and comt meacement.

Five cents, len cents and phe dollar currency notes cease to be legal tender. COME, 6750

(Cap. 332.1