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(Cap. 237.)

ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2)

Provisions applicable to traffic wardens.

Ord. No. 49/74

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(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.

(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