PRIVATE VEHICLES LICENSING ORDINANCE, 1895

PRIVATE VEHICLES LICENSING ORDINANCE, 1895

ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1895.

Private Vehicles Licensing

AN ORDINANCE for regulating the Licensing of Private
Vehicles.
[30th May,1895.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong ,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as a follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Private Vehicles Licensing
Ordinance ,1895.
2.In this Ordinance-
'Private Vehicle' includes all carriages,carts,wagons,trucks,
and all other vehicles which do not require to be licensed under the
Licensing Ordinance,1887,except private jinrickshas,private
chairs,bicycles,tricycles,perambulators,strucks,and cars in use on
tramways,and such other vehicles as the Governor-in-Council may
from time to time exempt.
'Licence' means a licence required by this Ordinance.
3.The owner of every privtae vehicle shall out a licence for
the same.
4.The Governor--in-Council may from time to time make,and,
when made,alter,add to,or repeal,regulations under this Ordinance-
(1.)for the issue of licences,the forms thereof,the fees to be paid
therefor,their periods and conditions,and the officer who is to
issue them;and
(2.)for the regulation of all private vehicles,whether licensed is not,
their use,the means to be adopted for the identifying such vehicles
and theor owners,and the traffic carried on by means of such
vehicles.
5.-(1.)The granting of any such licence shall be in the discretion
of the officer appointed to issue the same.
(2.) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a licence may appeal to
the Governor,who may direct the proper officer to issue such license.
6.The following acts shall be deemed to be offences against this
Ordinance:-
(1.)using any private vehicle for which a licence is required without this
having a valid licence for the same'
(2.)any breach of the conditions of a licence;
(3.)furnishing untrue particulars of any licence; (4.)using or attempting to use any licence or other document granted
under this Ordinance,or in pursuance of any regulations made
thereunder,for any private vehicle in respect of which such licence
was not granted;and
(5.)using or attempting to use any document as a licence under this
Ordinance which has not been duly issued thereunder.
7.Every person convicted of an offence against this Ordinance or
against any regulation made thereunder shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding twenty-five dollars.
8.Any penalty under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary
way before a Magistrate.
9.Any licence may be forfeited on the conviction of the hold
thereof for any offence,if the officer who issued the licence thinks fit.
A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 13 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of terms. No. 9 of 1887. Licence required for private vehicle. Making of regulations. Granting of licence. Offences against the Ordinance. Penalty for offence. Recovery of penalty. Forfeiture of licence. A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 18 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of term. Penalty on person travelling on river steamer without payment.

A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 13 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of terms. No. 9 of 1887. Licence required for private vehicle. Making of regulations. Granting of licence. Offences against the Ordinance. Penalty for offence. Recovery of penalty. Forfeiture of licence. A.D. 1895. Ordinance No. 18 of 1895. Short title. Interpretation of term. Penalty on person travelling on river steamer without payment.

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