### Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance 《青馬管制區條例》

21. Certificates as to photographic process
(1) A document in such form as may be specified by the Commissioner purporting to be signed by a person duly appointed under subsection (2) and purporting to be a certificate as to the processing of exposed film received and processed by him shall, together with the photographic prints or photographic enlargements referred to therein, be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof, and—
(a) in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the court before which such document is produced shall presume that the signature to the document is genuine and that the person signing it was duly appointed under subsection (2) at the time when he signed it; and
(b) such document shall be evidence of all matters contained therein.
(2) The Commissioner may appoint in writing such persons as he thinks fit to carry out the processing of exposed film and to sign certificates under subsection (1) in relation thereto.
(3) Where any document is produced and admitted as evidence under subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks fit, on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, summon the person who signed the document and examine him as to the subject-matter thereof.

22. Vehicles, etc. causing obstruction
If any vehicle or thing—
(a) is causing an obstruction to traffic in any part of the Area;
(b) is otherwise likely to render the use of any part of the Area unsafe; or
(c) is parked or otherwise left in any part of the Area in contravention of this Ordinance or the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374),
the Commissioner or an operator may at the risk and expense of the owner of such vehicle or thing take all reasonable steps to remove or impound it or cause it to be removed to any place, including any road, or be impounded at such place, that the Commissioner or the operator may think fit and, where necessary in the opinion of the Commissioner or the operator, may provide for the safe custody thereof.

### Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance 《青馬管制區條例》

23. Disposal of abandoned vehicles
(1) Where any vehicle has been permitted to remain stationary at any part of the Area in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances that there is reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle has been abandoned, an authorized officer 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 or recorded delivery 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 within any part of the Area—
(i) if the notice is sent by registered post or recorded delivery, 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 or an operator 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.
(4) If the vehicle is not removed as required by a notice given under subsection (1) an authorized officer 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 the period specified in the notice given under subsection (1), it shall become the property of the Government and may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioner thinks fit.
(6) For the purposes of this section vehicle (車輛) includes any load carried by, on or in a vehicle.

### Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance 《青馬管制區條例》

24. Unauthorized installations
(1) Despite the provisions of any other Ordinance, no person shall install, place, lay or erect any installation on, in, under or above any part of the Area without the prior consent in writing of the Director of Lands in respect of an installation within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of installation in section 2, or the Commissioner in respect of an installation within the meaning of paragraph (b) or (c) of that definition, as the case may be.
(2) A consent given under subsection (1) in respect of an installation within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of installation shall be subject to the payment of such charges and to such conditions, as the Director of Lands may impose.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

25. Closure of road, etc. within the Area
(1) Despite section 4 of the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 370), the Secretary may authorize the total or partial closure of any road within the Area for such period as he considers necessary in the case of any emergency repairs or works exceeding, or likely to exceed, a period of 14 days.
(2) No criminal or civil proceedings before any court may be brought in respect of any closure under subsection (1) and no person shall have any right against the Government or any other person to restrain any closure authorized under that subsection or to recover any money in respect of that closure.
(3) In this section, emergency repairs or works (緊急修葺或工程) includes any repairs or works not capable of being foreseen by the Secretary and the undertaking and completion of which is necessary for the safety of persons and vehicles.

26. Penalties for offences
Any person who commits an offence under section 13(4), 14(4), 15(2), 16, 17(5), 18(1) or (3) or 24(3) is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended 29 of 1999 s. 2)

### Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance 《青馬管制區條例》

28. Financial penalties
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where an operator without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any requirement of this Ordinance or is in breach of a management agreement, the Commissioner in relation to the management of the Area or the Director in relation to the maintenance of the Area (the relevant officer

29. Limitation of liability
No liability (other than that imposed under the terms of a management agreement) shall be imposed upon the Government or any public officer in respect of the management and maintenance of the Area by an operator.

30. Amendment of Schedule
The Governor in Council may by notice in the Gazette amend the Schedule.

31. Saving
(1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be taken to restrict, derogate from or otherwise interfere with any power or duty, or the exercise or performance of any power or duty, conferred or imposed by or under any law upon any person in the service of the Government.
(2) Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any rights of ownership in any installation, structure, building, facility, appliance, vehicle or other article owned by, or vested in, the Government.
(3) Those parts or percentages of any tolls or other fees and charges imposed by any regulation made under section 27 which—
(a) constitute remuneration of, or reimbursement to, an operator under the terms of a management agreement; or
(b) are required to clear or close any advance account opened for that purpose,
shall, subject to the approval of the Financial Secretary, not form part of the general revenue and may in the case of paragraph (a) be retained by that operator in accordance with that management agreement.