1964_FIXED_PENALTY_(CRIMINAL_PROCEEDINGS)_ORDINANCE — Page 3

CAP. 240] Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings)

[1989 Ed.

CHAPTER 240

FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS)

To provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for various offences, and for purposes connected therewith.

[1 November 1976] L.N. 257 of 1976

Originally 64 of 1974 — 57 of 1976, L.N. 16 of 1977, 79 of 1979, L.N. 279 of 1979, 57 of 1981, 12 of 1984, 57 of 1984, L.N. 172 of 1984, R. Ed. 1984, L.N. 162 of 1986, L.N. 47 of 1989, 28/88/97

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

This Ordinance may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Transport;

"driver" means, in relation to a motor vehicle, any person who is in charge of or assisting in the control of such vehicle;

"fixed penalty" means, in relation to a scheduled offence, the fixed penalty set out opposite thereto in the fourth column of the Schedule;

"motor vehicle" means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, but does not include any conveyance for use solely on railways or tramways;

"police officer" includes a member of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force;

"proceedings" means criminal proceedings in any court in respect of a scheduled offence;

"registered address" means-

(a) in relation to a registered owner, the address that appears, in respect of any motor vehicle registered in his name, in the register of motor vehicles kept by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations made under the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); and