s.9Offences
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Section 9Part 3 — Offences, Fees and Suspension, etc., of Licences

Offences

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Except as authorised by or under this Law —
no proprietor of any bus or taxi in respect of which a licence under section 4 is not in force, shall use or permit that bus or taxi to be used in a port or port area —
for standing or plying for hire; or
for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward,
without having for that bus or taxi a current licence under section 4;
no person shall act as driver of any bus or taxi in a port area without having a current licence under section 6;
no proprietor of a bus or taxi licensed under this Law shall employ or engage as the driver of that bus or taxi in a port or port area any person who does not have a current licence under section 6;
no person shall operate in a port or port area any vehicle as a bus or taxi without having for that vehicle a current licence under section 7;
no person licensed under section 7 shall operate in a port or port area any vehicle as a bus or taxi —
if, for that bus or taxi, a current licence under section 4 is not in force; or
if the driver does not have a current licence under section 6.
Whoever knowingly contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to a further fine of two hundred and fifty dollars for every day on which the offence continues after he has been convicted of that offence.
Where the commission by any person of an offence under subsection (1) is due to an act or default of some other person that other person shall be guilty of the offence; and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of subsection (1) whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.
Where an offence under subsection (1) which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of —
any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; or
any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

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