234 tal-1997
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
L.N. 2J4 of 1997
TRAFFI C REGULATION OKI>INANCE
(C Al'. 65)
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) (No.2) Regu lations. 1997
IN EXERC ISE of the powers conferr~d by section 17 of the
Traffic Re gulation Ordinance the Commissioner of Police. with the
advice of the Traffic Control Board . ha s made th e following
regu]ations: ~
T hese regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles c .... """,,"
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(Amendment) (No.2) Regulations. 1997. and shall be read and <onv<r"".", .....
construed as one with the Motor Vehicles Regulations, 1994 . Ll'< . I:1I
hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
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(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 15th
January. 1998.
For regulation 67 of the principal regulations there shaH s..r..trtulr>
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be substituted the following
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"67. (I) lfinanycase.owingtothepresenceofa
motor vehicle on a road. an acc ident occu rs involving
personal injury w 3Ilother person or damage to any vehicle.
animal or other propeny, the driver of Ihe motor vehicle
mUSI SlOp and, if required to do so by any person having
reasonable grounds for so requi rin g, give his name and
address. the n3/lle and address of the owner of the mowr
vehicle, the details of the insurer of the vehicle as well as
its registration mark or number.
(2) Saving the provisions of paragraph (4) of
this regulation. where any case to which paraa:raph (I) of
thi s regulation applies consists in an acc ident fitting Ihe
description in Schedule II to these regulations but nOI
involving personal injury or damage to public propeny,
each driver or owner. as the case may be, shall also give
all relevant information regarding the circumstances of the
accident on suc h appropriate fonn supplied by the driver's
orowner's respective insurer, which form sha ll be delivered
to the respective insurer by nOllater than the nellt wort ing
day following the date of the accidem. In such cases. and
following the exchange of such information as is required
hy th is regu btion, the persons invol ved in tile accident shall
wke steps to e nsure the immediate removal of anything
which may be obstructi ng the free course of traffic,
(3) The form referred to in paragrapll (2) of th is
Il'gulation shall nOi be admissible in e"idcnee in criminal
proceedings except
(a) in c riminal procecdings in respect of any
false declaF.ui, n or informatio n in tile aforcsaid form
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(b) at the instance o f the accused who is the
dri"c r or ow ner who gave tl>e relevant informat ion in
the afo resaid fonn .
(4) In any case to which paragraph (2) of th is
regulation appli es , where the drivers or owners of the
"chicles agree on the facts of the acci de nt . tl>e y may give
the n:lc\'ant in fonn ation o n the circumstances of the
accident on such appropriate fonn supplied by the drivers'
or owners' ins uTers . which form shall be de li vered to their
respective insurers by not later than the ne ~t worldng day
fo llo "'ing the dat e of the acc id ent and in default the
provis ions of paragraph (2) of thi s regulation Shall appl y.
(5) In any case to which paragraph ( 1) of th is
regulat io n applies. nO! bl:ing a case to which paragraph
(2) of this re gula tion ap pli es. th e dri ve r shall al so
immediately no ti fy th e Police who s hall take th e
appropriate ste ps.".
J . In paragraph (2) o f reg ulat io n 21 1 of the prin ci pal
regulations for the "'oros "i n t be Schedule" there shall be substituted
"in Sel>edule I".
4 . The presen t schedu lc to the principal regulations shall be
renumbered "Sc1lcdule r' and immediately thereafte r there shall be
added the foll o win g new SC hed ule
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