PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE - minor amendment
Title
PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE - minor amendment
Description
CHAPTER 230
PUBLIC BUS SERVICES
The Public Bus Services Ordinance is amended-
(1)in section 2 by adding after the definition of 'North-west
Transit Service Area'-
'passenger' in relation to a bus means any person carried
in or on it other than the driver or conductor or any
other employee of the grantee who is in uniform and
on duty; (Added 88 of 1988 s. 2)
(2)in section 26 in the definition of 'operating receipts' by adding
after paragraph (b)---
(c)the interest or dividends accruing in respect of cash or
securities which are for the time being deposited by a
grantee with the Director of Accounting Services for
the purposes of section 4(4)(c) of the Motor Vehicles
Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance (Cap. 272);
(Added 88 of 1988 s. 3)
(3)in section 35 by repealing paragraphs (d) and (da) and
substituting-
(d)generally as to the conduct of passengers and in-
tending passengers on buses used by a grantee;
(Replaced 88 of 1988 s. 4)
(4) by adding after section 36-
Further powers in relation to
regulations and by-laws
36A. (1) Any regulations made under section 35 or
by-laws made under section 36 may-
(a)require a passenger or intending passenger to
comply with any reasonable direction given
in the interests of public safety by a driver,
conductor or authorized person;
(b)authorize the removal from a bus of any person
committing an offence against the regulations or
by-laws, as the case may be, by the driver, the
conductor or an authorized person, or by a
police officer at the request of a driver, conductor
or authorized person;
(c)require any person whom a driver, conductor or
authorized person has reasonable grounds to
believe has committed an offence against the
regulations or by-laws, as the case may be, to
give his name and proof of his identity to the
driver, conductor or authorized person;
(d)authorize a driver, conductor or authorized
person to arrest without a warrant and detain
until he can be handed over to a police officer,
any person whom he has reasonable grounds
to believe has committed an offence under the
regulations or by-laws, as the case may be.
(2) Any such regulations or by-laws may-
(a)authorize a police officer, to whom a person has
been handed over under subsection (1)(d), to
take such person into custody without a warrant;
and
(b)apply sections 51 and 52 of the Police Force
Ordinance (Cap. 232) to persons taken into
custody under the regulations or by-laws.
(Added 88 of 1988 s. 5)
Abstract
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/3750
Edition
1964
Volume
v31
Subsequent Cap No.
230
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE - minor amendment,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed September 15, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/3750.