Addition of new
section 334.
Vehicle Impactors amul vehicle testing centra.
Interpretation.
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the motor vehicle shall be forfeited to the Crown and may be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manoer as the Commissioner thinks fit
(2) If a notice under subsection (1) is not complied with the motor vehicle shall thereupon be forfeited to the Crown and may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Com- missioner thinks fit.
7W. (1) The Commissioner shall appoint persons to be-
(a) vehicle examinen;
(b) specially authorized vehicle examiners,
for the purposes of this Part.
(2) The Commissioner may designate any place to be a vehicle examination centre for the purposes of this Part.
7X. In this Part-
"roadworthy" in relation to any motor vehicle means that the vehicle is suitable and safe for use for any of the purposes for which it may lawfully be used, having regard to the class or any division of the class of motor vehicle within which-
(a) application has been made to register the vehicle;
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(b) the vehicle is registered.
as the case may be:
"specially authorized vehicle examiner" means a person
appointed as a specially authorized vehicle examiner under section TW()() and authorized in writing by the Commissiouer to issue suspension of vehicle" licence orders;
"vehicle examiner" means a person appointed as a vehicle examiner and a specially authorized vehicle examiner under section 7W(1);
"vehicle examination centre" means a place designated as
a vehicle examination centre under section 7W()".
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 33 the the following new section-
"Proar of
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relating c prevlake convictiocu.
33A. (1) A document purporting-
(a) to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner
of Police, and
(8) to certify that according to the record of convictions for offences under this Ordinance compiled and maintained by the Commissioner of Police under this section a person having the name, and holding the driving licence, specified in the certificate recorded as having been, on the date specified in the certificate, convicted of the offence under this Ordinance specified in the certificate,
shall be admitted in any criminal proceedings before any court or magistrate on its production without further proof.
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(2) On the production of a document inder subsection
(a) the court or magistrate shall, until the contrary is proved, presume that the document was signed at the time specified therein by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police; and
(b) the document shall be evidence that the person having the name and holding the driving licence specified in the document was ពព the date 50 specifled convicted of the offence sa specified. (3) The Commissioner of Police may, for the purposes of this section, cause to be compiled and maintained from information obtained from such persons and in such manner as the Commissioner of Police shall determine records of convictions of persons for offences under this Ordinance.
(4) Any records of convictions of persons for offences under this Ordinance compiled and maintained by the Commissioner of Police prior to the commencement of this section shall be deemed to be records compiled and kept under this section.".
The principal Ordinance is amended by adding the following Addidon of new Schedule-
1.
-THIRD SCHEDULE
FEES FOR MOTOR VERICLE EXAMINATION
Motor cycle or scooter with or without side car
2. (a) Motor vehicles of a weight unladen not exceeding 2
tons, other than those specified in item 1 (b) Trailers other than trailers towed by private cars ...
3. Motor vehicles of a weight mladen exceeding 2 tons
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Schedule.
[a. 70.]
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Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 20th day of December, 1978.
Pla
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 bil.
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