### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

87. Forfeiture and disposal
(1) If a vehicle—
(a) produced at a vehicle examination centre pursuant to a requirement under section 78 or 79 or of a vehicle repair order or pursuant to section 84(3); or
(b) driven to a vehicle examination centre under section 80,

is not claimed within 14 days, the Commissioner shall serve personally or by registered post on the owner, the registered owner or the new owner, as the case may be, a notice in writing informing him that unless he—
(i) pays to the Commissioner any fee due under section 86; and
(ii) removes the vehicle from the vehicle examination centre within 7 days of the service of the notice,

the vehicle shall be forfeited to the Government and may be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner thinks fit.
(2) If a notice under subsection (1) is not complied with the vehicle shall thereupon be forfeited to the Government and may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioner thinks fit.
(Amended 90 of 1993 s. 5; 3 of 2002 s. 15)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

88. Vehicle examiners and vehicle examination centre
(1) The Commissioner—
(a) shall appoint vehicle examiners; and
(b) may authorize in writing any vehicle examiner to issue suspension of vehicle licence orders,
for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) The Commissioner may, in writing, designate any place as a vehicle examination centre and may impose such conditions relating to that designation and to the operation of that vehicle examination centre as he thinks fit. (Replaced 7 of 1992 s. 6)
(3) Where a place is designated as a vehicle examination centre under subsection (2) the Commissioner may by agreement in writing with any person authorize that person to operate that place as a vehicle examination centre subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may specify in the agreement. (Added 7 of 1992 s. 6)
(4) Without affecting the generality of subsection (3), an agreement in writing under that subsection may include a condition that the Commissioner may suspend or revoke the authorization of any person to operate a place as a vehicle examination centre. (Added 7 of 1992 s. 6)
(5) The Commissioner may, if he considers the public interest so requires, give directions of a general character in writing to any person authorized under subsection (3) in relation to the operation of a place as a vehicle examination centre and that person shall comply with those directions. (Added 7 of 1992 s. 6)
(6) A certificate in writing purporting to be under the hand of the Commissioner setting forth the amount of any money due or payable to the Government by the person authorized under subsection (3) under the agreement shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified therein. Without prejudice to any other remedy of the Government for the recovery of such money under the agreement, the same may be recovered as a debt due to the Government. (Added 7 of 1992 s. 6. Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(7) No proceedings in tort shall lie against the Government or any public officer by reason only of the fact that a place is designated as a vehicle examination centre under subsection (2). (Added 7 of 1992 s. 6. Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

88A. Interpretation
In this Part and Schedule 8, unless the context otherwise requires— (Amended 3 of 1991 s. 11)
approved car tester (認可車輛測試員) means a person authorized in writing by the Commissioner under section 88F(1)(d);
car testing centre (車輛測試中心) means a place designated as a car testing centre under section 88C(1);
certificate of roadworthiness (車輛宜於道路上使用證明書) means a certificate issued by a car testing centre in the form specified by the Commissioner in respect of a private car or light goods vehicle and indicating that the private car or light goods vehicle was found to be roadworthy upon examination at the car testing centre; (Amended 36 of 1990 s. 4)
code of practice (實務守則) means a code of practice issued and from time to time revised under section 88F(1)(a);
designation (指定) means a designation of a car testing centre under section 88C(1);
proprietor (東主), in relation to a car testing centre, means a person having the conduct or control of it, whether or not he is a natural person and whether or not he is the owner;
responsible person (負責人) means a person authorized in writing by the Commissioner under section 88F(1)(e).
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

88B. Examination of private cars before licensing
(1) Before licensing a private car or a light goods vehicle, the Commissioner may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the private car or the light goods vehicle is roadworthy, require the registered owner to have the private car or the light goods vehicle examined at a car testing centre.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any private car manufactured not less than 6 years before the date with effect from which the private car is to be licensed, and to any light goods vehicle manufactured not less than 1 year before the date with effect from which the light goods vehicle is to be licensed. (Amended L.N. 266 of 1992; L.N. 163 of 1993)
(3) The Secretary may by order published in the Gazette amend subsection (2) by substituting for the period or periods of years specified therein another period or periods and he may by such order make different provision for private cars and light goods vehicles. (Amended 90 of 1993 s. 6; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)
(4) The Commissioner may exercise his powers under subsection (1) in relation to—
(a) all private cars or light goods vehicles;
(b) any class or description of such cars or vehicles;
(c) a particular private car or light goods vehicle. (Added 36 of 1990 s. 5)
(Amended 36 of 1990 s. 5)