Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (TRAFFIC CONTROL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 15C

Onus of proof

Where in any proceedings under the Ordinance against the owner of a private
road it is alleged that a traffic sign or road marking placed on that road is-

   (a)  in the case of that traffic sign, a traffic sign within the
meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of "traffic sign" (交通標誌) in
regulation 15A; and

   (b)  in the case of that road marking, a road marking within the
meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of "road marking" (道路標記) in
regulation 15A, the fact so alleged shall in the absence of evidence to the
contrary be presumed. (L.N. 51 of 1989) Where in any proceedings under the
Ordinance against the owner of a private road it is alleged that a
traffic sign or road marking placed on that road is-

   (a)  in the case of that traffic sign, a traffic sign within the
meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of "traffic sign" (交通標誌) in
regulation 15A; and

   (b)  in the case of that road marking, a road marking within the
meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of "road marking" (道路標記) in
regulation 15A, the fact so alleged shall in the absence of evidence to the
contrary be presumed.