Further powers in relation to regulations and by-laws
Version 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.