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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 29, 1932.

106. Licence discs will be issued annually or periodically by the Inspector General of Police. Every motor vehicle shall carry its appropriate licence disc, which shall be placed and carried on the vehicle so as to be clearly visible at all hours of daylight to a person either at the near side or at the front of the vehicle.

107. An applicant for a licence for a motor vehicle shall, if called upon by the Inspector General of Police to do so, make a true declaration of the weight of the vehicle unladen and the engine number, and he shall produce the maker's description or other satisfactory evidence in support of his declaration.

108. A motor vehicle shall carry in front and rear plates bearing the number of its licence. Such plates and the figures thereon shall be of a size, design, colour and material approved by the Inspector General of Police and shall be affixed to the vehicle in positions approved by him. The front plate of a motor bicycle or tricycle shall bear on both sides the number of the licence. The licensee or driver shall not change the licence number from one vehicle to another unless permission has first been obtained from the Inspector General of Police. All public motor vehicles will also carry a plate, with the words "Public Vehicle" painted thereon in black on white, which plate shall be affixed to the vehicle in a position approved by the Inspector General of Police. The Police Department will supply number plates and "public vehicle" plates at a cost not exceeding $1.50 per plate.

109. Except with the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police, motor vehicles (laden and unladen) of weights in excess of the maxima shown in the following table opposite the respective types of tyres shall not be used on the roads in the districts indicated in the headings of the second, third and fourth columns of the table:--

District.

City of Victoria. Hong Kong.

Hong Kong outside the City of Victoria,

but excluding Victoria Road. Kowloon and New

Kowloon.

Victorin Road and

New Territories.

Weight if fitted with

pneumatic tyres Weight if fitted with

solid tyres

12 tons.

5 tons.

7 tons.

5 tons.

3 tons. Prohi-

bited.

This regulation shall not apply to motor omnibuses. regulation No. 160.

See

110. The speed of a commercial motor vehicle shall not exceed fifteen miles per hour. The maximum nett load which a commercial motor vehicle may carry shall be deter- mined by the Inspector General of Police and shall be stated in the licence of the vehicle it shall also be painted on the vehicle in a position and manner to his satisfaction.

111. The speed of a motor omnibus shall not exceed twenty miles per hour.

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