### Public Bus Services Regulations 《公共巴士服務規例》

9. Conduct of driver
A driver of a bus, when acting as such—
(a) shall not cause the bus to remain stationary on a road longer than is reasonably necessary to pick up or set down passengers except at a stand or place where the bus is permitted to stop for a longer time than is necessary for that purpose;
(b) shall duly drive the bus by the appointed route to the appointed destination, except when prevented from doing so by accident or other emergency or when ordered not to do so by an authorized person or by a police officer;
(c) shall stop his bus at every bus stop which bears an indication that all buses or all buses travelling the route on which his bus is travelling should stop there;
(d)  shall stop his bus, if signalled to do so, at every bus stop along the route on which his bus is travelling to allow passengers or intending passengers to alight from or to board his bus:

Provided that a driver shall be under no obligation to stop his bus in accordance with paragraph (d) for the purpose of picking up passengers when his bus is displaying the sign board specified in regulation 7(1)(d).

10. Conduct of conductor and of driver when no conductor is carried
(1) A conductor of a bus when acting as such—
(a) shall, when a passenger in the bus gives adequate warning that he wishes to alight at the next bus stop, give to the driver such signal as will inform the driver that the bus should be stopped at such place;
(b) shall not, except for sufficient reason, by failing to signal the driver to start, cause the bus to remain stationary on a road longer than is reasonably necessary to pick up or set down passengers except at a stand or place where the bus is permitted to stop for a longer time than is necessary for that purpose.
(2) A conductor of a bus, when acting as such, and in the case of a bus in which no conductor is carried, a driver—
(a) shall not neglect or refuse to admit and to carry at the lawful fare any passenger or intending passenger who can be accommodated without exceeding the authorized capacity of the bus and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made;
(b) shall permit any passenger to bring with him such goods as may lawfully, safely and conveniently be carried on the bus;
(c) shall not permit any animal, other than a guide dog accompanying a blind person, to be carried on the bus;
(d) may refuse to permit any person who is in a dirty condition to enter in or travel in the bus;
(e) may refuse to permit any person, whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be intoxicated, mentally unbalanced or suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, to enter in or travel in the bus;
(f) may refuse to permit any person, whom he has reasonable cause to believe is carrying goods of a dangerous or offensive nature, to enter in or travel in the bus.

### Public Bus Services Regulations 《公共巴士服務規例》

11. General conduct of driver and conductor
A driver and a conductor of a bus, when acting as such—
(a) shall behave in a civil and orderly manner;
(b) shall be clean and tidy in his person;
(c) shall not smoke in or on the bus during a journey or when it has passengers on board; (L.N. 19 of 1989)
(d) shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of passengers in or on or entering or alighting from the bus;
(e) shall, if requested by any police officer in uniform or any person authorized by the Commissioner, give particulars of his licence, if any, his name and the name and address of the grantee by whom he is employed;
(f) shall not, at any reasonable time, obstruct, or neglect to give all reasonable information and assistance to, any police officer in uniform, or any person authorized by the Commissioner who produces such authority, to examine the bus.

11A. Consumption of alcohol
A driver or conductor of a bus shall not while on duty as such consume any alcoholic drink.
(L.N. 19 of 1989)

12. General conduct of driver
A driver of a bus when acting as such—
(a) shall, when picking up or setting down passengers, stop the bus as close to the left or near side of the road as is safe and practicable so to do;
(b) shall not, when the bus is in motion, speak to any person unless it is necessary to do so on grounds of safety;
(c) shall not unreasonably delay the bus on any journey;
(d) shall shut off the engine and ensure that all the passengers are removed from the bus before filling the petrol or oil tank and keep such engine shut off and ensure that all passengers remain out of the bus until such filling is completed;
(e) shall shut off the engine if, for any reason, he leaves the bus unattended.

### Public Bus Services Regulations 《公共巴士服務規例》

13. Power to remove passengers etc.
(1) Any person who is an employee of a grantee and who is in uniform and on duty may remove from a bus any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe has contravened these regulations.
(2) Any person who is an employee of a grantee and who is in uniform and on duty may require any passenger whom he has reasonable cause to believe has contravened these regulations to give his name and address and produce proof of identity. (L.N. 19 of 1989)
(3) Any person who is an employee of a grantee and who is in uniform and on duty may arrest without a warrant any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe has contravened these regulations and may detain such person until he can be handed over to a police officer.
(4) A police officer, to whom a person is handed over under subregulation (3), shall take such person into custody without a warrant and thereafter sections 51 and 52 of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232) shall apply. (L.N. 19 of 1989)
(5)  In this regulation proof of identity (身分證明) in relation to any passenger means—
(a) his valid identity card;
(b) a document issued by the Commissioner of Registration acknowledging that that person has applied—
(i) to be registered under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177); or
(ii) for a new identity card under regulation 13 or 14 of the Registration of Persons Regulations (Cap. 177 sub. leg. A); (E.R. 4 of 2020)
(c) a valid travel document held by him;
(d) documentary proof of identity officially issued to him for the purpose of his service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army; or (2 of 2012 s. 3)
(e) a Vietnamese refugee card issued to him. (L.N. 19 of 1989)