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374C PDFTitle:ROAD TRAFFIC (PARKING) REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:25Heading:Offences in relation to car parksVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) No driver in a car park shall-

        (a) fail to obey any lawful direction given by an attendant;
        (b) drive a vehicle into or out of a car park in contravention of a prohibition lawfully imposed by an attendant;
        (c) drive or park a motor vehicle in contravention of any traffic sign or road marking erected or placed at, in or outside any car park for the direction or regulation of motor vehicles;
        (d) park a motor vehicle in such manner that the motor vehicle unnecessarily projects over any line or other mark which delineates a parking space;
        (e) remove the vehicle from the car park without paying the appropriate fee in respect of the vehicle or displaying or producing a valid monthly pass for the vehicle;
        (f) leave a vehicle in the car park for a continuous period of more than 7 days;
        (g) allow a vehicle to remain in the car park by virtue of a monthly pass unless the monthly pass in respect of the vehicle is displayed;
        (h) leave in the car park a vehicle in respect of which a displayed monthly pass has expired;
        (i) park a vehicle in the car park in contravention of any limitation imposed in a designation made under regulation 14(1) or in contravention of any limitation imposed under regulation 14(2);
        (j) park a vehicle in any car park or part thereof that has been closed under regulation 15; or
        (k) bring a vehicle carrying dangerous goods, to which the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap 295) applies, into the car park.
(2) No person in a car park shall-
        (a) smoke;
        (b) fail to leave the car park as soon as reasonably practicable after the car in which he has been travelling has been parked;
        (c) remain in the car park after he has been lawfully ordered to leave by an attendant;
        (d) fail to give his name and address to an attendant when requested to do so;
        (e) when required to give his name and address by an attendant give a false name or address or omit a material particular therein;
        (f) without reasonable excuse sound any warning instrument; or
        (g) clean a motor vehicle, unless he is the owner or driver of the vehicle or is in possession of a valid cleaner's permit.
(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2000.