AN ACT IU11Mr '0 lJIft#i11d 1M T'alf~ RCBWQIit;m Ordj"anu, CQP. /0$.

I aSlelll.

(L.S.)

Ao..THA BAUAII.A

Pn!8idellt

6th JUDC, 1984

AO No. XII of 1984

AN ACT IU11Mr '0 lJIft#i11d 1M T'alf~ RCBWQIit;m Ordj"anu, CQP. /0$.

BE IT ENACfED by lbe President. by IDd with the advice and

<:on!e1l1 of the H<)U5e of Representatives. in this prnent Parliament

uscmbkd. aDd by the authority of the same. as followa:_

(I) This Act may be cited u!he Trame Regulation (Amend-

menU Act. 1984. aDd shall be mid and cOO5trued as one with the Traffic

Regulation Ordinance, bcreill&flCI rdcrred to IS "the prlllcipallaw".

(2) Thill Act shall oomc into force OIllUCh date as the Minister

responsible for police may appoint by notice in the Gazette.

1. Immediately after lCdioo 15 oIlhe principal law tMre lball be

added the folluwjng new teetiOll

lSA. (l) Bvery I.ul<ar $hall be fined with an.pPrOp-

"Pro"",,

nate tBxi-meter for aJOeI1Iining the Dumber of kilomcten

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rovcml and 1bc relative legal chargell of each Dip.

(2) Every lui-rode. which is filte:d in • laD.

car shall be p1a~ in • poIltion which is cully visible 10 the

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(3) Every Jlel'lOll who carries pasamgm ill •

taxi-ar shillJ ellSure al the commencement of any hire WI the

taxi-metcr of IlI':h car is In proper order for rolTa.:1 registering

ill alX:(ll"dallce with subsedion (l) of Ihia 1Cction.

(4) No person shllll carT)' p&SSengel'l ill a 1U.H::ar

if the tu.i.=ler of ruch Clf is not ill proper order as required

by tho Ib;tion Of illUcll tui·=ter hu its _Is broteo or is io

Illy ....ay tllmpeml. with.

(S) No pmon mall ....hilst ~illg pasaengen

in a.IUH::ar fail to operate the tui-metcr dunnglllY hire. cu

cbargo Illy amOUllt in excalI of !he corn:rt l:an:, or bRak the

.ms of the Iaxi·ntetef.

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(6) Every person wbo OOlIltllvenes any

provisiol1ll of this section shall be guilty of an offence and

shall 011 conviction be liable_

(a) for a tint offence to a tine (multo) of not

k:u than rlfty Maltese liri bul not ClIoeeding one hundred

MalleK liri and to the ronfucalioo of the laXH:ar for •

period of not Ie&s than ODe mooth bul 0(>1 Q~

three months and the disqualification from holdina. ll.U-

tar driving licenl;'(l for the same period;

(bl for II. lCo;ond offence to a fioe Cmlllra) of not

1aI than one hundred Maltese liri but DOl exceeding CIVil

huodrM Maltese liri IDd to the COIlfiicalioo of the taxi-

car lor a period of nOl less than three months bul Dot

m

motIlhs aDd the diJqualificatioo from bold-

c:tceoding

ing a tlUi-ear driving liceoce for lhe ume period; aDd

(e) for a third or aoy iUbsequ.en1 offence to • rme

(mull,,) of not less than five hundred Maltese liri bul DOl

eJ.ceedillJl: one thousand Maltese lin and to the confisca·

tion of the laiIK:ar for a period 01 not less thao ,;x

IUOlIlbs bul Dot exceeding ODe yar and the cfuqualirlCa-

lion from holding. taJl.i-car driving licmoe for tile II&me

pc:riod.

(7) The confisca.t;on of the tlUj~ as provided in

sublleclion (6) of this II«lion shall lalce place imspcctive of

whether the offender i, the owoer, or hlJ employee or IUb-

lltitllk. (If such motor vebicle.

(81 11le Probalion of Offcnde.... Act. 1957 and

section 2JA of the Criminal Code. shatl l>O! be applicable in

res~l ..of an offence Isainst any of the provisions of this

s«t.on..

Passed by the House of Reprcsentali~ al Siuing No. 116 of the 4lb June. 1984.

DANII!L MlCAU.llfI

S~aker

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Clerk to Ihe lIoOL<t! of Reprut:nulIlw.$

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