Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 45A

Conduct of passengers in relation to seat belts

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

A passenger in a taxi or public light bus who is required by regulation 7A or
7B of the Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg.) to
wear a seat belt but who refuses or fails to do so shall-

   (a)  leave the vehicle if so required by the driver, an authorized  person
        or a police officer; and

   (b)  (i) in the case of a taxi, pay the legal fare then recorded on the
        taximeter; and

        (ii)   in the case of a public light bus, pay, if he has not already
               done so, the fare indicated at the time he boarded the vehicle
               on the card displayed in accordance with regulation 50(3).
               (L.N. 38 of 1989; L.N. 162 of 2000)