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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3rd NOVEMBER, 1883. 843

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 353.

The following Rules made by the Governor in Council, under the provisions of Ordinance 5 of 1883, are published for general information.

Any breach of these Rules renders the offender liable to a penalty of $25, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, för three months, under sec. 5 of the Ordinance.

By Command,

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1883.

Rules made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of section 4 of Ordinance 5 of 1883 (The Vehicles and

Public Traffic Ordinance, 1883).

1. Every Licence shall be taken out Half-yearly or for the residue of the current half-year, and shall expire on the thirty-first day of May and on the thirtieth day of November, respectively, in each Year, and the holder thereof shall be subject to the following rules. Not more than 500 licences for Jinrickshas shall be current at any one time.

2. The following fees for Licences shall be paid for the use of the Public Revenue :--

(a.) For every wheeled vehicle,

(b.) For every chair,

(c.) For every driver or bearer of a vehicle or chair,

3. No Licence shall be transferable.

..$3.00

1.00

0.20

4. No holder of a licence for a vehicle shall let out his vehicle to any bearer or driver not being the holder of a lawful licence as bearer or driver.

5. Every licensed vehicle shall have thereto affixed, in such conspicuous places as the Captain Superintendent of Police directs, the number of its licence in figures not less than two inches in length.

6. The driver or bearer of every licensed vehicle shall wear conspicuously a distinguishing badge bearing his own number of licence. Should such badge be made of leather or metal, or of both, it shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police to demand a deposit of twenty-five cents for each badge, such deposit to be returned to the owner on the expiry of his licence.

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7. The Captain Superintendent of Police is authorised to refuse a licence, or, if a licence has been granted, to withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited, in respect of any vehicle which in his estimation is not as to repairs or cleanliness in a state fit for public use, or for any misconduct on the part of the owner or driver or bearer.

8. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse a licence, or, if a licence has been granted may withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited, in respect of any driver or bearer who in his estimation is improperly clothed.

9. Every Person obtaining a licence for a vehicle under this Ordinance shall find and give, upon receiving his licence, security in the sum of fifty dollars by the, bond of himself and of some person or persons, to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police, for the appearance at any time of the person obtaining such licence, and also of the driver or bearer of the vehicle when they shall respectively be thereunto required, and for his duly paying all fines which shall be imposed in respect of the vehicle or the driver or bearer thereof, and all damages which may be recovered for injuries committed in respect of the vehicle or the driver or bearer thereof; the bond to be in such form as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall require.

10. The fares to be charged for public vehicles shall be such sums as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall, by a table of fares to be set up in some conspicuous place in his office, from time to time direct, and a copy thereof shall be inserted in every licence to be granted under this Ordinance, and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous place on the inside of every such vehicle: provided always that such table of fares, or any alteration of the same, shall, before the same shall come into operation, be submitted to and approved by the Governor in Council.

11. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not without reasonable cause refuse, when unemployed, to accept hire.

12. The driver or bearer of a licensed vehicle shall not demand more than the authorised fare for the hire of his vehicle.