Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 49

Use of taximeter, etc.

(1) The driver of a taxi available for hire shall-

   (a)  display the taximeter indicator; and

        (b)	during the hours of darkness keep the roof "TAXI" sign 
illuminated.

(2) The driver of a taxi as soon as the taxi has been hired shall move the
taximeter indicator to the recording position and as soon as the hiring has
terminated shall return the taximeter indicator to the non-recording position.

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2) the hiring of the taxi shall
commence from the time at which the journey begins or the time at which the
taxi is first made immediately available to the hirer at the time and place
appointed by the hirer, whichever first occurs.

(4) If for the distance covered the taximeter records a fare clearly higher
than the legal fare chargeable under regulation 47, the hirer of the taxi
shall not be obliged to pay to the driver more than the legal fare.

(5) In this regulation "taximeter indicator" (的士計程錶指示器) means
the taximeter indicator referred to in regulation 42(1) of the Road Traffic 
(Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg. A).
(L.N. 261 of 1984)

"taximeter indicator" (的士計程錶指示器)