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香港政府

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

PITFALLS IN TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED VEHICLE OWNERS AND PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF HOW TO AVOID A COUPLE OF COMMON PITFALLS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF A REGISTERED VEHICLE.

THESE PITFALLS RELATE TO LIABILITY FOR PARKING TICKETS AND THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF REGISTERING TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

+A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN JADLY CAUGHT, PARTLY BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE DANGER AND PARTLY BECAUSE THEY APPARENTLY PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN ANOTHER PARTY WHOM THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW,+ HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THE LIABILITY OF PARKING TICKETS

THE PURCHASER OF ATTACHED TJ THE REGISTERED OWNER OF A VEHICLE. A VEHICLE WHO REGISTERS TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP MAY FIND HIMSELF SADDLED WITH LIABILITY TO PAY OUTSTANDING PARKING TICKETS WHICH THE FURMER OWNER FAILED TO DISCLOSE AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSACTION.

+A PROSPECTIVE, PURCHASER CAN GUARD AGAINST THIS BY APPLYING TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE WHICH, VALID FOR 72 HOURS, CERTIFIES THAT THE VEHICLE IS FREE OF PARKING TICKETS AT THE TIME OF ISSUE, HE SAID.

ISSUED FREE OF CHARGE, HE SAID, THE CERTIFICATE PROTECTS THE PURCHASER AGAINST COURT ORDERS RELATING TO ANY OUTSTANDING PARKING TICKETS IF OWNERSHIP IS TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE 72 HOURS.

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HE CAUTIONED THAT A PURCHASER COULD BE TAKEN FOR AN UNHAPPY RIDE IF HE DID NOT SEEK A CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE EVERY TIME BEFORE ACQUIRING A VEHICLE.

ON THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF REGISTERING TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE APPLICATION FORM T.D. 25(3), JSTAINABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES OR AT MAJOR POST OFFICES, CONSISTS OF TWO HALVES, ONE HALF TO JE COMPLETED BY THE FORMER OWNER AND THE OTHER HALF BY THE NEW OWNER.

HE STRESSED THAT NO TRANSFER COULD BE REGISTERED UNTIL BOTH HALVES WERE HANDED IN TO A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT LICENSING OFFICE.

+TOO OFTEN, THE FORMER OWNER COMPLETES HIS HALF OF THE FORM AND HANDS IT OVER, PLUS THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION BJOK, TO THE NEW OWNER, ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEW OWNER WILL SUBMIT BOTH HALVES TO THE LICENSING OFFICE.

+TUJ OFTEN, THE NEW OWNER FAILS TO DO SO, IN WHICH CASE THE VEHICLE REMAINS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE FORMER OWNER WHO THUS CONTINUES TO BE LIABLE FOR PARKING TICKETS AND FJR SUPPLYING INFORMATION TO THE POLICE IF THE VEHICLE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVkled by OldNer@FRENO @zprit deliše fiks♫Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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