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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 30, 1920.
104. If the lamps of a motor car are provided with dimmers, the driver must make use of them on approaching other vehicles or foot passengers.
105. A driver of a motor vehicle shall not use a searchlight in the City of Victoria or in Kowloon or New Kowloon.
Bells and Horns.
106. The warning device carried by a vehicle shall be subject to the approval of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
107. A motor vehicle shall carry a horn capable of giving sufficient warning of the approach or position of the vehicle.
108. A bicycle or tricycle not propelled by mechanical power shall carry a bell capable of giving sufficient warning of the approach or position of the vehicle. It shall not carry any warning device other than a bell.
109. A driver shall not use a warning device except for the purpose of giving warning of the approach or position of his vehicle.
110. No horn, bell, or siren shall be carried on any jinrikisha, or horse or bullock. drawn vehicle, or used by the driver or occupant of such vehicle.
General.
111. Persons bearing loads shall keep near the kerb on the left side of the road.
112. No person shall carry a burden in such a manner that any portion of it touches the surface of the road.
113. All persons shall move on when called upon to do so by a Police Officer.
114. 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.
115. The hirer of a public vehicle shall pay the fare before or immediately upon the termination of the engagement.
116. A horse, pony, or bullock shall not be employed to draw a vehicle until it 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 Permission to employ a horse, pony, or bullock to draw a vehicle may be withdrawn at any time, if in the opinion of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon the animal has become unfit for such work.
117. If in the opinion of the Captain Superintendent of Police the surface of any road or section of a road is liable to damage from motor traffic on account of rain, 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 shall be posted at the piers of the Star Ferry Company and at the Peak Tramway Company's Station in Garden Road, and also at each end of the road or section of a road which is closed.
118. The Captain Superintendent of Police may in his discretion cause traffic to be stopped or diverted at any time, and may close any road, either temporarily or per- manently, to any particular kind or kinds of traffic.
119. A Police Officer may arrest without warrant any person who commits a breach of these regulations.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
29th April, 1920.
W. J. CARRIE,
Clerk of Councils.
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