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A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law

with respect to vehicles and traffic.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Vehicles and Short title. Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1912.

2. In this Ordinance and in any Regulation made under Definitions. the provisions thereof-

(a.) "Driver" includes a rider of a bicycle or tricycle, a puller of a ricksha, a bearer of a chair, and any person in charge of or assisting in the control of any vehicle.

(b.) "Heavy Motor Car" includes every vehicle propelled by mechanical power which muladen exceeds two tous in weight.

(c.)

"Motor Bicycle" includes every two-wheeled vehicle propelled by mechanical power which does not unladen exceed in weight tree hun- dredweight.

(d.) “Motor Car” includes every vehicle propelled by mechanical power which does not unlade" exered two tons in weight but it shall not include any "Motor Bicycle" or Motor Tri

cycle" as defined in this section.

(e.) "Motor Tricycle" includes every three wheeled vehicle propelled by mechanical power which does not unladen exceed in weight three hun- dredweight.

(f) "Private Vehicle" includes every vehicle

which does not fall within the definition of a "Public Vehicle ".

(g.) "Public Vehicle" includes every vehicle which plies for hire or is from to time let out for hire or is intended to be let out for hire but it shall not include any bicycle or trieyele not propelled by mechanical power,

(h.) “Road" includes every highway, thorough- fare, street, laue, alley, court, square, archway, passage, path, way, and place, to which the public have access, either continuously or inter- mittently and either of right or by licence, whether the same be the property of the Crown or otherwise.

(4) Trailer" includes every vehicle drawn or

propelled by another vehicle.

(1.) "Unladen Weight" in relation to a motor bieyele, motor tricycle, motor car, or heavy motor car, means the weight of any such vehicle exclusive of the weight of any load or of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the purpose of propulsion.

(k.) "Vehicle includes every means of conve; ance or of transit or other mobile apparatus ued or capable of being used ou land and in whatever way drawn or propelled or care; but it shall not include any perambulator or any convey- auce for use solely on railways or tramways.

3. The Governor-in-Council may make regulations :--

(1.) for licensing and regulating vetiels and their

drivers;

(2.) for regulating and restricting traffic, whether

vehicular or pedestrian ;

(3.) for controlling the condu, of persons using

public vehicles;

Regulations.