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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1912.
14. No person shall have, use or drive without the appropriate vehicle licence any vehicle for which a licence is required.
15. No person shall drive any public ricksha, public chair or public horsed carriage, or any motor bicycle, motor tricycle, motor car or heavy motor car without an appropriate driver licence.
16. No person shall use or attempt to use, or allow any other person to use or attempt to use, any licence for any vehicle other than that for which it was issued.
17. No owner or licensee of any vehicle for the driving of which a driver licence is required shall let out his vehicle to any person who has not an appropriate driver licence.
18. No person shall use or attempt to use as a licence any document which is not a valid and subsisting licence.
19. The licensee of every public vehicle shall cause the vehicle to be taken at such times and to such place as may be directed by the Captain Superintendent of Police for inspection, and the vehicle shall not be removed from the place of inspection without the authorisation of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
20. If the holder of a vehicle licence change his address he shall forthwith notify the new address to the Captain Superintendent of Police, who will endorse the licence and note the endorsement in the Register of Licensed Vehicles.
21. On any change of ownership of a licensed private vehicle the new owner shall forthwith report his name and address, and the fact and date of the change of ownership, to the Captain Superintendent of Police, who will endorse the licence and note the endorse- ment in the Register of Licensed Vehicles.
22. No licence for a public vehicle shall be transferable without the consent of the Captain Superintendent of Police, and he may impose conditions on any transfer.
23. No driver licence shall be transferable.
24. Any licence may be forfeited by the Captain Superintendent of Police on the conviction of the holder of any offence.
25. Any public vehicle licence may be forfeited by the Captain Superintendent of Police if in his opinion the vehicle is not as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public use, or for any misconduct on the part of the licensee.
26. Any driver licence may be forfeited by the Captain Superintendent of Police in his absolute discretion.
Construction of Vehicles.
27-(1.) The tire of each wheel of a heavy motor car shall be smooth, and shall, where the tire touches the surface of the road or other base whereon the heavy motor car moves or rests be flat :. Provided that the edges of the tire may be bevelled or rounded to the extent in the case of each edge of not more than half an inch : Provided also that, if the tire is constructed of separate plates, the plates may be separated by parallel spaces which shall be disposed throughout the outer surface of the tire so that nowhere shall the aggregate extent of the space or spaces in the course of a straight line drawn horizontally across the circumference of the wheel exceed one-eighth part of the width of the tire.
(2.) The width of the tire of a heavy motor car shall be not less than eight inches. (3.) This Regulation shall not apply to any tire which is pneumatic or which is inade of a soft or elastic material.
28. The diameter of a wheel of a heavy motor car, if the wheel is fitted with a tire which is not pneumatic or is not made of a soft or elastic material, shall be not less than two feet.
29. No motor car or heavy motor car may, when measured between its extreme pro- jecting points, be of a width exceeding seven feet seven inches.
30. Every heavy motor car shall be constructed with suitable and sufficient springs between each axle and the frame of the heavy motor car.
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