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Tat. 1072 c. 300, 1. 360]

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any unleased Crown land which is not a road for the pur- poses of agriculture, forestry, construction work or similər activity.

(4) The Commissioner, and any public officer authorized by the Commissioner for the purposes of this subsection. may issue to any person a permit in writing to use a motor cycle on-

(a) a pedestrian road; or

(b) any unleased Crown land which is not a road, specified in the permit subject to any conditious specified in the permit.

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(5) In any proceedings against a person in respect of the use of a motor cycle in contravention of subsection (1), it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the motor cycle was used in contravention of sub- section (1) for the purpose of saving life, extinguishing fire or meeting any other ewerBRIKY.

(6) The Commissioner may by notice in the Gazette declare

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(a) any road," or any portion thereof, over unleased

Crown land to be a pedestrian road; or

(b) any pedestrian road, or any portion thereof, to be * pedestrian road to which subsection (1) does not apply.

(7) In this section—

"construction work" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance;

"pedestrian road" means a road, or any portion of a road,

over unleased Crown land which–

(a) (i) is not a surfaced road; or

(ü) is a surfaced road of less than 6′ 6′′ in width at any point; or

(b) is declared under subsection (6)(a) to be a pedestrian

road;

"person in the public service of the Crown" means a person

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(a) public officer;

(6) a member of Her Majesty's armed forces; or

(c) a member of-

()the Royal Hong Kong Regiment;

(ii) the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force:

(i) the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police

Force;

(iv) the Essential Services Corps;

(v) the Civil Aid Services;

(vi) the Auxiliary Medical Services; or

(vii) the Auxiliary Fire Services;

surfaced road" means a road constructed with a surface suitable for the regular passage of motor vehicles;

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"unleased Crown land" means land which is not-

(c) hold under a Crown lease or a tenancy granted by the Crown or any agreement for such a lease or tenancy:

(2) vested in a person by an Ordinance; or (c) occupied under-

(i) a licence issued under section $ of the Crown Land Ordinance:

(ii) a licence or permit granted or issued under any other Ordinance; or

(iii) a deed of memorandum of appropriation.".

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 7th day of July, 1976.

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Clerk to the Legislative Council.

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.

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Clerk to the Legislative Council.