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FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) Ord. No. 64/74

HONG KONG

No. 64 OF 1974

L.S.

I assent.

MURRAY MacLehose,

Governor.

21st August, 1974.

An Ordinance to provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for various offences, and for purposes connected therewith.

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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

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PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Cri- Short title minal Proceedings) Ordinance 1974 and shall come into operation and com- on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

mencement.

2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise Interpreta- requires--

tion.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Transport;

"driver" means, in relation to a motor vehicle, any person who is

in charge of or assisting in the control of such vehicle;

"fixed penalty" means, in relation to a scheduled offence, the fixed penalty set out opposite thereto in the fourth column of the Schedule;

"motor vehicle" means any mechanically propelled vehicle in- tended or adapted for use on roads, but does not include any conveyance for use solely on railways or tramways;

"police officer" includes a member of the Royal Hong Kong

Auxiliary Police Force;

Schedule.