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230 PDFTitle:PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:36AHeading:Further powers in relation to regulations and by-lawsVersion Date:30/06/1997

(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)