VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1912

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1912

No. 38 of 1912, repealed by Law Revision Ordi-
nance, 1924.

No. 39 of 1912, incorporated in No. 27 of 1912.

No. 40 of 1912.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend te law with respect
to vehicles and traffic.
[29th November, 1912.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Vehicles and
Traffic Regultion Ordinance, 1912.

2. In this Ordinance,
(a) Driveer includes a rider of a bicycle or tricycle, a
puller of a jinrikisha, a beare of a chair, and any person in
charge of or assisting inthe control of any vehicle.

(b) Heavy motor car includes evey vehicle propelled by
mechanical power which unladen exceeds two tons in weight.

(c) Motor bicycle includes evey two-wheeled vehicle
propelle dby mechanical power which does not unladen
exceed in weight three hundred weight.

(d) Motor car includes evey vehicle propelled by
mechanical poer which does not unladen exceed two tons
in weight, but it shall not include any motor bicycle or motor
tricycle as defined in this secton.

(e) Motor tricycle includes every three-wheeled vehicle
propelled by mechanical power which does not unladen
exceed in weight three hundreed weight.

(f) Motor vehicle means a vheicle propelled by
mechanical power.

(g) Private vehicel includes evey vehicle which does
not fall within the fefinition of a public vehicle.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
+ As amended by No. 4 of 1921.























(h) Public vehicle includes every vehicle which plies
for hire or is from time to time let out for hire or is intended
to be let out for hire, but it shall not include any bicycle or
tricycle not propelled by mechanical power.

(i) Road includes every highway, thoroughfare, street,
lane, alley, court, archway, passage, path, way, and
place, to which the public have access, either continuously or
intermittently and either of right or by licence, whether the
same be the property of the Crown or otherwise.

(j) Trailer includes every vehicel drawn or propelled
by anothe vehicle.

(k) Unladen weight in relation to a motor bicycle, motor
tricycle, motor car, or heavy motor car, means the weight of
any such vehicle exclusive of the weight of any laod or
of any wate, fuel, or accumulators used for the purpose of
propulsion.

(l) Vehicle includes every means of conveyance or of
transit or other mobile apparatus used or capable of being
used on land and in whatever way drawn or propelled or
careeid, but it shall not include any perambulator or any
conveyance for use solely on reailways or tramways.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make
regulations for any of the following purposes:-

(1) for licensing and restricting vehicels and their drivers;

(2) for regulating and restricting traffic, whether vehicular
or pedestrian;

(3) for regulating the use of vehicels, their equipment and
apparatus;

(4) for controlling the conduct of persons using vehicles;

(5) for the apprehension of persons who commit oftences
against this Ordinance ;

(6) for prohibiting either absolutely or during specified
hours the driving of any specified kind of vehicle on any
road on which the driving of such kind of vehicle would in
the opinion of the governor in Council be dangerous or
undersirable;

* As amended by No. 4 of 1921 and Law Rev. Ord,, 1924.



(7) for prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of any
licence granted under the provisions of this Ordinance ;

(8) for prescribing the fares which may be charged for
the hire of any public vehicle;

(9) for granting exclusive rights of maintainng services
of public motor vehicles, for enforcing the obligations of any
persons to whom such rights may be granted, for requiring
security from such persons and for realising such security,
for the amendment or cancellation of such rights when
granted, for prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of such
rights and for the effective control and protection of such
services; and

(10) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this Ordinance;

and any such regulations made under the provisions of this
section shall be of the same force and effect as if they had
formed part of this Ordinance and evey person who con-
travenes any of the provisions of any such regulations so
made under the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and shall be
punishlable in manner hereinafter determined.

4. Every person convicted of an offence against the provi-
sions of this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be
liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars
and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

5. Every person who contravenes the provisions of any
condition upon which any licence under the provisions of
this Ordiancne has been issued to or is held by him shall be
guilty of an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance
and shall be punishable accordingly.

6.-(1) Any peson convicted of an offence against the
provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulation made under
the provisions of this Ordinance or of any condition upon
which any licence has been issued to or is held by such
person under the provisions of this Ordinacne or any regulation


* As amended by No. 4 of 1921 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.






made unde the provisions of this Ordinance may be ordered
by the magistrate to pay to any person to whom such
magistrate may think that any compensation should be paid
in respect of any injury, loss, or otherwise, compensation not
exceeding fifty dollars, in addition to the penalty provided
for under the provisions of this Ordinance, and in default of
payment of such compensation the magistrate may order the
person ordered to pay the same to be imprisoned for any
term not exceeding two months respect of such default.

(2) The payment of such compensation or imprisonment
in default thereof shall be a bar to any further proceedings
at the suit of the person to whom any such compensation has
been ordered to be made: Provided that no such order for
the payment of any such compensation shall be made unless
the party who has suffered any such injury or loss or other-
wise sustained damage shall consent thereto.

[s. 7 and Schedule, rep. No. 13 of 1912.]
[Originally No. 40 of 1912. No. 4 of 1912. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Regulations. Penalty for breach of regulations. Penalty for offence against Ordinance. Penalty for offence against conditions of licence. Compenseation for injury how granted. Compensation a bar to legal proceedings but at option of complainant.

[Originally No. 40 of 1912. No. 4 of 1912. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Regulations. Penalty for breach of regulations. Penalty for offence against Ordinance. Penalty for offence against conditions of licence. Compenseation for injury how granted. Compensation a bar to legal proceedings but at option of complainant.

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