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230A PDFTitle:PUBLIC BUS SERVICES REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:20Heading:Claimed propertyVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) If any property retained by a grantee under regulation 18 is claimed within 3 months of the date on which it was handed over to the grantee by the conductor or driver and the claimant proves to the satisfaction of the grantee that it belongs to him, it shall thereupon be delivered to the claimant upon his signing a receipt therefor and upon payment by him to the grantee of a sum not exceeding 50 cents and, in the case of property of a value exceeding $2, an additional sum, not exceeding $25, of one-fifth of the value of the property, which additional sum shall be awarded by the grantee to the conductor or driver, and in computing the amount due to the conductor or driver any proportion of 10 cents shall be reckoned as 10 cents.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, the value of any property shall be deemed to be such sum as may be agreed between the claimant and the grantee or, failing agreement, such sum as may be fixed by an auctioneer licensed under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance (Cap 114), any fee payable to such auctioneer being paid by the claimant.