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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 7, 1916.
12. On every application to the Captain Superintendent of Police for a licence for a heavy motor car the owner shall declare the weight of the heavy car unladen, and shall produce to the Captain Superintendent of Police the maker's description or other satis- factory evidence of the correctness of such declaration. If such declaration afterwards prove to be incorrect to any material extent any licence which has been issued for the heavy motor car may be revoked by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
13. No public vehicle, truck, or trolley licence shall be issued until the intending licensee shall have given a bond with one surety to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police conditioned for the appearance of the licensee and any driver of the vehicle whenever required, and for the payment of all fines, compensation, and damages, imposed, awarded, or recovered on, against, or from the licensee or any driver of the vehicle.
14. Every applicant for a public vehicle, truck, or trolley driver's licence shall be photographed, free of cost to himself. One copy of the photograph shall be attached to the licence and one shall be retained by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
15. Not more than 1,150 public rickshas shall be licensed for the Island of Hong- kong. Public rickshas shall be of such pattern, size, weight, and appointments as may be approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police. For each public ricksha licensed for the Island of Hongkong there may be two licensed drivers.
16. No person shall furnish untrue particulars in connection with any licence.
17. 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.
18. No person shall use or attempt to use as a licence any document which is not a valid and subsisting licence.
19. No licensee or owner of any vehicle for the driving of which a driver's licence is required shall allow such vehicle to be driven by any person who has not an appro- priate driver's licence.
In any proceedings under this section it shall not be necessary to allege or prove guilty knowledge on the part of the Licensee or the owner and it shall be no defence to prove absence of guilty knowledge.
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 endorsement in the Register of Licensed Vehicles.
22. No licensee shall transfer a public vehicle, truck, or trolley licence without the consent of the Captain Superintendent of Police who may impose conditions on any transfer.
23. No driver may transfer his driver's licence.
24. Any licence may be forfeited by the Captain Superintendent of Police on the conviction of the licensee or driver 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's licence may be forfeited by the Captain Superintendent of Police in his discretion, subject to appeal to the Governor.
Construction.
27. (1.) The tyre of each wheel of a heavy motor car shall be smooth, and shall, where the tyre 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 tyre may be bevelled or rounded
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