### Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance 《汽車保險(第三者風險)條例》

13. Duty of person against whom claims are made to give information as to insurance
(1) Any person against whom a claim is made in respect of any such liability as is required to be covered by a policy under section 6(1)(b) shall, on demand by or on behalf of the person making the claim, state whether or not he was insured in respect of that liability by any policy having effect for purposes of this Ordinance, or would have been so insured if the insurer had not avoided or cancelled the policy, and, if he was or would have been so insured, give such particulars with respect to that policy as were specified in the certificate of insurance issued in respect thereof under section 6(3).
(2) If, without reasonable excuse, any person fails to comply with the provisions of this section, or wilfully makes any false statement in reply to any such demand as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence.
[cf. 1934 c. 50 s. 13 U.K.]

14. Duty to surrender certificate on cancellation of policy
Where a certificate of insurance has been issued under section 6(3) in favour of the person by whom a policy has been effected and the policy is cancelled by mutual consent or by virtue of any provision in the policy, the person in whose favour the certificate was issued shall, within 7 days from the taking effect of the cancellation, surrender the certificate to the insurer or, if it has been lost or destroyed, make a statutory declaration to that effect, and if he fails so to do he shall be guilty of an offence.
[cf. 1934 c. 50 s. 14 U.K.]

15. Application of sections 10 to 14 to securities
The provisions of sections 10 to 14 inclusive shall apply in relation to securities having effect for the purposes of this ordinance as they apply in relation to policies of insurance, and in relation to any such security as aforesaid, references in the said sections to being insured, shall be construed respectively as references to the having in force of the security, to the certificate of security, to the giver of the security, and to the persons whose liability is covered by the security. 
(Amended L.N. 162 of 1993)[cf. 1934 c. 50 s. 15 U.K.]

### Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance 《汽車保險(第三者風險)條例》

16. Requirements as to production of certificate of insurance or of security
(1) Any person driving a motor vehicle on a road shall, on being so required by any police officer, give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle and produce his certificate, and if he fails so to do or gives a false name or address he shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that, if the driver of a motor vehicle within 5 days after the date on which the production of his certificate was so required, produces the certificate together with the policy of insurance to which such certificate relates, in person at such police station as may have been specified by him at the time the production of the certificate was required, he shall not be convicted under this subsection of the offence of failing to produce his certificate.
(2) It shall be the duty of the owner of a motor vehicle to give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of a police officer not below the rank of inspector—
(a) as to the identity of the driver of the motor vehicle on any occasion when the driver was required under subsection (1) to produce his certificate; or
(b) for the purpose of determining whether the vehicle was or was not being driven in contravention of section 4 on any occasion when the driver was required under this section to produce his certificate,
and if the owner fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) If in any case where, owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs involving personal injury to another person, the driver of the motor vehicle does not at any time produce his certificate to a police officer or to some person who, having reasonable grounds for so doing, has required its production, the driver shall report the accident at a police station as soon as possible, and in any case within 24 hours of the occurrence of the accident and there produce his certificate, and if he fails so to do, he shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this subsection of the offence of failing to produce his certificate if, within 5 days after the occurrence of the accident, he produces the certificate in person together with the policy of insurance to which the certificate relates at such police station as may have been specified by him at the time the accident was reported.
(4) In this section, the expression produce his certificate (出示其證書) means produce for examination the relevant certificate of insurance or certificate of security or such other evidence that the motor vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of section 4 as may be prescribed. (Amended L.N. 587 of 1995)
[cf. 1930 c. 43 s. 40 U.K.]

### Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance 《汽車保險(第三者風險)條例》

17. Forgery, etc., of certificates
(1) If, with intent to deceive, any person—
(a) forges, within the meaning of Part IX (Forgery Related Offences) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200), or uses or lends to or allows to be used by any other person, a certificate of insurance or certificate of security within the meaning of this Ordinance; or (Amended 49 of 1992 s. 5)
(b) makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling such a certificate as to be calculated to deceive,
he shall be guilty of an offence triable upon indictment. (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)
(2) If any person for the purpose of obtaining the issue of a certificate of insurance or of a certificate of security under this Ordinance makes any false statement or withholds any material information, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended E.R. 5 of 2021)
(3) If any person issues a certificate of insurance or certificate of security which is to his knowledge false in any material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended E.R. 5 of 2021)
(4) If any police officer or the Commissioner for Transport has reasonable cause to believe that any certificate of insurance or certificate of security produced to him in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance by the driver of a motor vehicle is a document in relation to which an offence under this section has been committed, he may seize the document, and thereon the person producing such document shall on being required by a police officer or the Commissioner for Transport inform him of the means by which and the person from whom he obtained possession of such document and it shall be an offence to give information which is false or withhold material information and such person shall be liable to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 30 of 1967 Schedule; E.R. 5 of 2021)
(5) In this section, the expressions certificate of insurance (保險證書) and certificate of security (保證證書) include any document issued under regulations made under this Ordinance to prescribe evidence which may be produced in lieu of a certificate of insurance or a certificate of security.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the liability of any person to trial and punishment for any offence against any other enactment:
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same act or omission.
[cf. 1930 c. 25 s. 112 U.K.]