### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

105. Vehicles returned to owner
(1) A vehicle detained under section 104 shall be returned to the owner on payment of the removal and storage charges specified in Schedule 5.
(2) The Chief Executive in Council may by order published in the Gazette amend Schedule 5. (Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

106. Disposal of unclaimed vehicles
(1) If a vehicle detained under section 104 is not claimed within 3 days the Commissioner of Police shall serve on the registered owner a notice in writing informing him that unless he—
(a) pays to the Commissioner of Police the removal and storage charges specified in Schedule 5; and
(b) removes the vehicle from the place of detention within 14 days of the service of the notice on him,
the vehicle will become the property of the Government.
(2) If a vehicle is not removed within 14 days of the service of a notice under subsection (1) it shall become the property of the Government and may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioner of Police thinks fit.
(Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

107. Disposal of abandoned vehicles
(1) Where any vehicle has been permitted to remain stationary on any road in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances that there is reasonable cause to believe the vehicle to have been abandoned, any police officer or public officer authorized in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police may cause a notice to be given, requiring the person in whose name the vehicle is registered to remove it or cause it to be removed.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be addressed to the person in whose name the vehicle is registered and shall be given—
(a) by sending it to him by registered post at the address shown on the register; or
(b) by affixing it to the vehicle.
(3) The notice shall—
(a) require the person in whose name the vehicle is registered to move or cause it to be moved to a place which is not on any road—
(i) if the notice is sent by registered post, within 7 days of its service on him; or
(ii) if the notice is affixed to the vehicle, within 7 days of the date on which it is so affixed; and
(b) state that—
(i) unless the vehicle is removed within the time so stated, the vehicle will be seized by the Commissioner of Police and removed to a place specified in the notice; and
(ii) if the vehicle is not claimed within a period of 14 days from the date of seizure, it will become the property of the Government. (Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(4) If the vehicle is not removed as required by a notice given under subsection (1) any police officer of the rank of sergeant or above, or public officer authorized in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner of Police may seize it and may take all reasonable steps to remove it or cause it to be removed to the place specified in the notice.
(5) If a vehicle which is seized and removed under subsection (4) is not claimed within 14 days of its seizure, it shall become the property of the Government and may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioner of Police thinks fit. (Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

108. Application of Part 11
This Part applies to the load carried by any vehicle to the like extent as it applies to the vehicle itself.
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2012)

109. Road users’ code and codes of practice
(1) The Secretary may cause to be prepared a code (in this section referred to as the road users’ code

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

110. Variation of traffic signs and road markings
A traffic sign or road marking which is placed on or in a road and is similar to a prescribed traffic sign or prescribed road marking, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a prescribed traffic sign or prescribed road marking and to have been lawfully so placed unless the contrary is proved, and the fact that a traffic sign or road marking differs slightly in positioning, size, colour or type from a prescribed traffic sign or prescribed road marking shall not prevent such traffic sign or road marking from being a prescribed traffic sign or prescribed road marking, as the case may be, so long as it is visible and the general appearance and meaning of the sign or marking is not thereby materially impaired.

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

111A. Forgery and misuse of toll tag and similar device
(1) A person must not, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse—
(a) forge a toll tag or make any device that functions in a manner so closely resembling the functioning of a toll tag as to be calculated to deceive;
(b) tamper or interfere with a toll tag so that the toll tag, or any data stored in the toll tag, is altered;
(c) drive or be in charge of a vehicle in connection with which any of the following is used—
(i) a forged toll tag or a device that functions in a manner so closely resembling the functioning of a toll tag as to be calculated to deceive;
(ii) a toll tag if it, or any data stored in it, is altered; or
(d) have in the person’s possession—
(i) a forged toll tag or a device that functions in a manner so closely resembling the functioning of a toll tag as to be calculated to deceive; or
(ii) a toll tag if it, or any data stored in it, is altered.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(Added 20 of 2021 s. 80)

112. Power of Chief Executive to give directions to Commissioner, etc.
(1) The Chief Executive may give to the Commissioner and any other public officer, such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the exercise or performance of their respective powers, functions and duties under this Ordinance, either generally or in any particular case.
(2) The Commissioner and the other public officer shall, in the exercise or performance of their respective powers, functions and duties under this Ordinance, comply with any directions given by the Chief Executive under subsection (1).
(Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

113. Transitional provisions
(1) Schedule 6 shall have effect for the purposes of transition to the provisions of this Ordinance from the provisions of the repealed Ordinance and shall be in addition to and shall not derogate from section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1).
(2) The Chief Executive may by order amend Schedule 6. (Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

113B. Transitional provisions regarding reckless driving causing death and reckless driving
(1) The repeal of sections 36 and 37 by section 2 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (33 of 2000) (the amending Ordinance