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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 29, 1932. 87

(8) take down and keep a written note of the names and addresses of any passengers in his vehicle on any occasion of damage by collision of such vehicle with any other vehicle or with any person, animal or thing, or see that the driver takes down and keeps such note;

(9) promptly take and deliver up to a police officer on duty at a police station all lost or unclaimed property found in his vehicle;

(10) produce his licence for inspection when called

upon to do so by a police officer in uniform.

40. A conductor of a motor omnibus shall not-

(1) smoke while his vehicle is in motion; or (2) wilfully deceive any person in respect of the

route or destination of his vehicle; or

(3) obscure or improperly alter any destination

board, route number or sign on his vehicle; or (4) refuse to admit and carry at the lawful fare any passenger for whom there is room and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made; or (5) improperly delay his vehicle on any journey; or (6) permit animals or goods other than hand baggage, being personal effects only, to be carried in his vehicle; or

(7) permit overcrowding of his vehicle; or

(S) allow any person to stand on the foot board or step of his vehicle while the same is in motion; or (9) allow his licence or badge to be transferred to

or used by any other person.

41. A driver of a public vehicle shall take to a police. station any articles which shall be found in his vehicle. The owner shall pay to the driver by way of reward such sum as may be agreed upon between the owner and the driver and approved by the Inspector General of Police, and, in case the owner and the driver fail to agree, the amount of the reward shall be fixed by the Inspector General of Police, but it shall not exceed one-fifth of the value of the article as assessed by the Inspector General of Police. If for a period of three months the article remains unclaimed or the reward as aforesaid remains unpaid, the Inspector General of Police may in his discretion return such article to the driver. This regulation shall not apply to the driver of a motor omnibus, who shall act, as regards lost and unclaimed property, in accordance with regulation No. 37.

42. A driver shall not carry in a public vehicle a number of passengers in excess of the number shewn upon the licence for such vehicle. For the purposes of this regulation, two children under the age of sixteen years may be reckoned as one passenger, and children below the age of four years shall not be reckoned.

43. A driver shall not carry in a public vehicle animals, or goods other than hand baggage. The term hand baggage shall be deemed to include personal effects only.

44. A driver shall not carry a corpse in a public vehicle.

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