Hong Kong Regulations

TUNG CHUNG CABLE CAR BYLAW - SECT 45

Dealing with vehicles left in Cable Car System area

(1) The Company may, in such manner as it thinks fit, remove and detain any
vehicle in respect of which a contravention of section 44 is committed and may
charge the owner or driver of the vehicle all costs and expenses occasioned by
and incidental to such removal and detention without prejudice to any penalty
incurred as a result of the contravention of that section.

(2) As soon as practicable after a vehicle has been detained under subsection
(1), the Company shall—

   (a)  in respect of a vehicle of which there is a registered owner

(as defined in section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance ( Cap 374)), serve on
such registered owner a notice informing him of the matters stated in
subsection (3)(a) and (b); or

   (b)  in respect of any other vehicle of which there is no such registered
        owner, display a notice in the Cable Car System area in such a manner
        that it is reasonably to be readily seen and read, informing members
        of the public of the matters stated in subsection (3)(a) and (b).

(3) The notice referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall inform the
registered owner or members of the public, as the case may be—

   (a)  of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and

   (b)  that, unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention on
        payment of any costs and charges within 14 days after the service of
        the notice on him or the display of the notice, the vehicle shall
        become the property of the Company free from the rights of any person
        and may be disposed of by the Company by sale or otherwise.

(4) If a vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice served or
displayed under subsection (2), the vehicle shall become the property of the
Company free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the
Company by sale or otherwise as it thinks fit.

(5) If, within 6 months after the day on which a vehicle is sold pursuant to
subsection (4), any person satisfies the Company that at the time the vehicle
became the property of the Company by virtue of that subsection, he was the
owner of the vehicle, the Company shall pay to such person the balance of the
proceeds of sale after deducting any costs and charges of removal and
detention and any reasonable charges incurred by the Company in respect of the
sale of the vehicle.

(6) A notice under subsection (2)(a) may be served personally or by post.