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CAP. 368]

Road Tunnels (Government}

[1984 Ed.

Obligation to give information relating to the driving of vehicles. (Cap. 374.)

(a) order, direct or signal the driver of a vehicle-

(i) to stop the vehicle forthwith; or

(ii) to proceed to any place at the tunnel so ordered, directed or signalled and to stop thereat;

(b) require any person to give his name and address and to produce any document in his possession which is or contains evidence of his name and address:

(c) require the driver of a vehicle--

(i) to produce his driving licence for examination;

(ii) to give the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle;

(d) enter, examine and search a vehicle and any thing therein

or thereon:

(e) detain, if necessary by the use of reasonable force, a driver or a vehicle, or both, until they can be delivered into the custody of a police officer.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with an order, direction or signal given under subsection (2)(a), or any requirement made under subsection (2)(c), commits an offence.

12. (1) Without prejudice to section 63 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, where the driver of a vehicle is suspected of having committed an offence against this Ordinance or the Road Traffic Ordinance at any tunnel, any person (including both the registered owner of the vehicle and the person suspected of being the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence) shall, on demand made within 3 months after the date of the alleged offence, give to an authorized officer in the manner prescribed in this section the name, address and driving licence number of the person driving the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence and his relationship (if any) to the driver. (Amended, 75 of 1982, s. 114)

(2) A demand under subsection (1) may be made orally or by means of a notice served personally or by post on the person on whom it is made.

(3) Where a demand under subsection (1) is made orally to any person he shall-

(a) if he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged

offence-

(i) give immediately his name and address; and

(ii) give the number of his driving licence to a specified authorized officer within 21 days after the date of the demand; and

(b) if he was not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the

alleged offence, give the information required under sub- section (1) to a specified authorized officer either orally or in writing within 21 days after the date of the demand.

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