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3.

Amendment

of section 3.

Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after paragraph (o) the following-

(i) discipline;

Addition of

"(oa) the-

4.

(ii) duties;

(iii) promotion:

(iv) control and administration,

of traffic wardens;".

The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after new sections section 7A the following new sections-f 7B and 70.

"Appoint- ment of traffic wardens.

(Cap. 217.)

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7B. (1) The Commissioner of Police may appoint such persons as he thinks fit to be traffic wardens or senior traffic wardens.

(2) Traffic wardens shall discharge, in aid of the Police Force, the following functions—

(a) the enforcement of the Fixed Penalty (Traffic

Contraventions) Ordinance;

(b) the control and regulation of vehicular traffic and pedestrians, whether on a road or not, and any functions incidental to, or connected with, the control and regulation of such traffic or pedestrians, which are normal- ly undertaken by the Police Force; and (c) any other functions which may be conferred on them by or under this or any other Ordinance.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), for the purposes of discharging his functions under subsection (2), a traffic warden shall have all the powers and duties of a police officer.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a traffic warden shall not have power-

(a) to arrest or detain a person; or

(b) to search a person.

(5) Traffic wardens shall be subject to the orders and directions of the Commissioner of Police.

Provisiona applicable

to traffic wardens.

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(6) A traffic warden shall obey all lawful orders given to him by a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant.

7C. (1) A traffic warden shall be deemed to be always on duty when required to act as such and shall discharge his functions as such in any and every place in Hong Kong where he may be doing duty.

(2) An identity card shall be issued to every traffic warden and shall be evidence of his appoint-

ment.

(3) A traffic warden whilst on duty shall wear the uniform of a traffic warden.

(4) If any person who is not a traffic warden- (a) wears, without the permission of the Com- missioner of Police, the uniform of a traffic warden or any dress having the appearance, or bearing any of the distinctive marks of that uniform;

(b) has in his possession, without the permission of the Commissioner of Police, an identity card issued to a traffic warden under subsection (2).

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprison- ment for 6 months.

(5) Any person who ceases to be a traffic warden, whether in consequence of resignation or dismissal or otherwise, shall thereupon deliver up his uniform and his identity card and any other Government property which may be in his possession.

(6) Save with the consent of the Commissioner of Police, no traffic warden shall be a member of a trade union.".

5. Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment inserting after "police officer" the following-

"or traffic warden".

of section

19.