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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 29, 1932.
128. The driver of a motor cab shall not be compelled to drive for more than eighteen miles, and if hired by time shall not be compelled to drive for more than one hour, unless he shall at the time of hiring have agreed to the contrary.
129. The fare for the hiring of a motor cab fitted with a taximeter shall be according to the following scale :
(1) For a distance not exceeding one mile ... $0.50 (2) Exceeding one mile, for each quarter of
a mile in excess
(3) Waiting time with meter shut off for cach
period of five minutes
0.10
0.10
Trucks, carts, vans and horse or bullock drawn vehicles.
130. A truck, cart, van, or horse or bullock drawn vehicle shall be provided with an efficient brake in good working order. Any police officer may at any time examine the brake of such vehicle, and if in his opinion the brake is not efficient he may cause such vehicle to be taken to and detained at a police station.
181. The width of the face of the tyre of a truck, cart, van, or horse or bullock drawn vehicle shall not be less than three inches and the diameter of the wheel shall be not less than fifteen inches. The Inspector General of Police may in his discretion prescribe a greater width of tyre or diameter of wheel if the weight of the vehicle or of the load which it is designed to carry renders it in his opinion expedient to do so.
132. An applicant for a truck licence shall as a condition of the issue of such licence enter into a bond in the sum of $50 with one surety to the satisfaction of the Inspector General of Police making obligatory the attendance before the Inspector General of Police of the licensee or the driver of the truck, whenever required, and the payment of fines, compensation, or damages imposed, awarded, or recovered on, against, or from the licensee or the driver of such truck.
133. Except with the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police, and subject to such conditions as he may see fit to impose, a licensee of a truck shall not transfer his licence.
134. Except with the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police, a truck shall not exceed.six feet six inches in width between its extreme projecting points, nor fourteen feet in total length, nor shall the load placed upon the truck exceed five feet in width or ten feet in length, nor shall a truck be driven which with the load, if any, exceeds 1 ton in weight. The fee for each permit granted under this regulation shall be $2, payable on or before the issue of the permit. Such permits may be granted for any particular occasion, or for any period not exceeding twelve months.
Lights.
135. Every vehicle shall, between sunset and sunrise, carry a lamp or lamps, showing to the front a white light visible for such distance as will afford adequate means of notifying the approach or position of the vehicle. If the
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