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(Cap. 220.)

(Cap. 220.)

Schedule.

Fixed Penalty.

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

"proceedings" means criminal proceedings in any court in respect

of a scheduled offence;

"registered address" means-

(a) in relation to a registered owner, the address that

appears, in respect of any motor vehicle registered in his name, in the register of motor vehicles kept by the Com- missioner in accordance with regulations made under the Road Traffic Ordinance; and

(b) in relation to a driver of a motor vehicle, the address that appears in respect of the driver in the record of driving licences kept by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations made under the Road Traffic Ordinance; "registered owner" means-

(a) the person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under regulations made under the Road Traffic Ordin- ance; and

(b) in relation to a motor vehicle to which a trade plate or permit issued under regulations made under the Road Traffic Ordinance is affixed, the person to whom the relevant trade licence or permit is issued under those regulations;

"scheduled offence" means an offence the general nature of which is described in the second and third columns of the Schedule. (2) The short descriptions in the third column of the Schedule indicate for convenience of reference only the general nature of the offences under the provisions specified in the second column of the Schedule.

PART II

FIXED PENALTY

3. (1) If a police officer has reason to believe that a person is committing or has committed a scheduled offence, he may give that person a notice in the prescribed form offering that person an opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of the fixed penalty therefor at any place specified in the notice.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be given by the police officer to the person concerned—

(a) by delivering it personally to that person; or

(b) by fixing it to the vehicle used or involved in the com-

mission of the offence.