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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 19, 1935.

Bells and horns, Contd.

162. No person shall use a horn, bell, or other form of sound-signal unnecessarily or in a manner calculated to cause public annoyance.

163. No horn, bell, or siren shall be carried on any ricksha, or horse or bullock drawn vehicle, or used by the driver or occupant of such vehicle.

General.

164. Persons bearing loads shall keep near the kerb on the left side of the road.

165. No person shall carry a burden in such a manner that any portion of it touches the surface of the road.

166. All persons shall stop or move on when called upon to do so by a police officer.

167. No person shall, without the permission of the driver, ride in or upon any motor vehicle or interfere in any way with a motor vehicle or obstruct or attempt to obstruct the driver of a motor vehicle.

168. The hirer of a public vehicle shall pay the fare before or immediately upon the termination of the engage-

ment.

169. No animal shall be employed to draw a vehicle until such animal has been examined by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, who if satisfied as to its fitness shall cause it to be branded upon the hoof. Permission to employ an animal to draw a vehicle may be withdrawn at any time if in the opinion of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon the animal has become unfit for such work.

170. When in the opinion of the Inspector General of Police it appears necessary to close temporarily a road or any section of a road to all or any kind of traffic, he may cause such road or section of a road to be closed to such traffic for such period as he may think fit.

Notice of such closing will be inserted in at least two English and two Chinese daily newspapers published in the Colony.

171. The Inspector General of Police may in his discretion cause traffic to be stopped or diverted at any time, and may, without the notice specified in regulation 170, close any road, to any particular kind or kinds of traffic for any period not exceeding twelve hours.

172. No person shall without the permission of the Inspector General of Police drive any vehicle on any road or section of a road which under regulations 170 or 171 of these regulations is closed to the traffic of that class of vehicle.