### Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance 《青沙管制區條例》

15. Proof of identity of driver
If, in any proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance, there is produced to the court a statement which—
(a) purports to have been signed by the person charged;
(b) was provided in accordance with section 14(5); and
(c) states that the person charged was the driver of the relevant vehicle at the time of the offence,
the court shall admit the statement as prima facie evidence that the person charged was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence.

16. Additional powers of authorized officers relating to hawker and littering offences
(1) In this section—
hawker offence (小販罪行) has the meaning assigned to it by section 83 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132);
littering offence (拋垃圾罪行) means an offence under section 4(1), 9 or 9A of the Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances Regulation (Cap. 132 sub. leg. BK).
(2) If an authorized officer reasonably suspects that a person in the Control Area has committed a hawker offence or a littering offence in the Control Area, he may—
(a) require the person to give his name and address and to produce any document in his possession which is or contains proof of that information; and
(b) detain, if necessary by the use of reasonable force, that person until the person can be delivered into the custody of an officer of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department authorized in that behalf or a police officer.
(3) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2)(a) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

17. Making false statements and omitting material particulars
(1) A person who makes a false statement in giving any information or particulars required under section 13, 14 or 16 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know and had no reason to believe the statement to be false.
(3) A person who omits any material particular in giving any information or particulars required under section 13, 14 or 16 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (3), it is a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the material particular required.

### Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance 《青沙管制區條例》

17A. Appointment of toll service officer for toll collection in boothless mode operation
The Commissioner may in writing appoint any public officer, any person employed by the toll service provider or any other person to be a toll service officer for the purpose of assisting in the performance of functions relating to the collection and recovery of tolls for the use of the toll area operated in boothless mode. 
(Added 20 of 2021 s. 42)

18. Evidence of facilities-related matter by record and test certificate
(1) In any criminal or civil proceedings under this Ordinance—
(a) evidence of a matter specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of facilities-related matter

### Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance 《青沙管制區條例》

19. Evidence of miscellaneous matters by certificates
(1) In any criminal or civil proceedings under this Ordinance—
(a) evidence of a prescribed matter may be given by the production of a specified certificate of the matter; and
(b) a document purporting to be a specified certificate is, on its production by or on behalf of the Commissioner—
(i) admissible in evidence, without further proof; and
(ii) in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumed to be signed by a person authorized by the Commissioner.
(2) A document produced under subsection (1) is evidence of the matters contained in it.
(3) If any document is admitted as evidence for the purposes of this section, the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings—
(a) summon the person who signed the document; and
(b) examine the person as to the subject matter of the document.
(4) In this section—
prescribed matter (訂明事宜) means any of the following—(a) whether the toll area, in so far as traffic flow in a direction is concerned, is operated at a particular time in—
(i) booth mode; or
(ii) boothless mode;
(b) any matter contained in a record kept under this Ordinance or the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374);
(c) whether any sum payable under this Ordinance has been paid as at a particular date;
(d) whether any notice, summons or other document required or authorized to be served under this Ordinance has been served and, if so, the date on which and the manner in which it has been served;
(e) whether a person on whom any notice, summons or other document has been served has, before a particular date, given any response and, if so, the particulars of the response;
(f) the particulars of any record or information kept by or for the Government or toll service provider in relation to the collection and recovery of tolls, except for any facilities-related matter as defined by section 18(7);
(g) a matter prescribed for the purposes of this definition;

specified certificate (指明證明書), in relation to a prescribed matter, means a certificate of the matter that is—(a) in a form specified by the Commissioner; and
(b) signed by a person authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner.

(Replaced 20 of 2021 s. 44)

### Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance 《青沙管制區條例》

20. Installations without approval
(1) A person shall not install, place, lay or erect any installation in, under or above any part of the Control Area—
(a) in the case of an installation within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of installation in section 2(1), without the prior written approval of the Director of Lands; or
(b) in the case of an installation within the meaning of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of that definition, without the prior written approval of the Commissioner. (Amended 20 of 2021 s. 45)
(2) An approval given for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) or (b) shall be subject to the payment of such charges and to such conditions, as the Director of Lands or the Commissioner, as the case may be, may impose.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

21. Closure of road, etc. in Control Area
(1) In this section, emergency works (緊急工程) includes any repairs or works not capable of being foreseen by the Secretary but the undertaking and completion of which is necessary for the safety of persons and vehicles in the Control Area.
(2) Without prejudice to section 4 of the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 370), the Secretary may authorize the closure of a road or any part of a road in the Control Area for such period as he considers necessary in the case of any emergency works exceeding, or likely to exceed, a period of 14 days.
(3) The Government does not incur any liability in respect of any closure authorized under subsection (2) and no person has any right against the Government or any other person to restrain such closure.