Clause 2

“bicycle” means a two-wheeled pedal cycle constructed or adapted for use as a means of conveyance;

“carriage of goods” includes the haulage of goods;

“cart” includes a wagon, handcart or trolley used or constructed for the carriage of goods;

“company” includes any company as defined in section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 174), any company to which section 300 of the Companies Ordinance applies, any company formed in pursuance of any other Ordinance or by Royal Charter or Letters Patent, any corporation incorporated by law and any firm or partnership;

“Deputy Commissioner of Police” includes any police officer not below the rank of Inspector authorized by him in writing by name or office to exercise the powers vested by this Ordinance in the Deputy Commissioner of Police;

“diameter” in relation to the wheel of a vehicle or trailer means the over-all diameter measured between the two opposite points in the surface of a tyre which are furthest apart;

“driver” —

“driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the provisions of Part I of this Ordinance and, except in sections 13, 14, 15 and 22 of this Ordinance, includes a licence to drive a motor vehicle issued under any law relating to motor vehicles in the Federation of Malaya;

“goods” includes goods or burden of any description;

“goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods or a trailer so constructed or adapted;

“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;

“owner” in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;

“paid driver” means a person who drives a motor vehicle in return for a salary or other remuneration;

“park” with its grammatical variations means, in respect of a vehicle, to stop such vehicle, except for the purpose of taking up and setting down passengers or of loading or unloading goods and supplies, but does not include any involuntary stopping or any stopping in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic notices, lines, signs or signals or in case of accident or any stopping to avoid obstruction or accident;

“parking place” means any part of a road or any other place on or in which the parking of vehicles is authorized under section 63 of this Ordinance;

“police officer” includes all persons whomsoever employed for police duties in the Police Force constituted under the Police Force Ordinance, 1958 (Ord. 32 of 1958);

“public service vehicle” means a vehicle used or kept for use for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, other than a vehicle constructed for use on fixed rails or specially prepared ways;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Vehicles or a Deputy or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 7 of this Ordinance;

“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes —

“statutory attendant” means a person employed in pursuance of section 30 of this Ordinance in attending a motor vehicle or trailer;

“trailer” means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle;

“tricycle” means a three-wheeled pedal cycle constructed or adapted for the carriage of goods;

“trisha” means a three-wheeled pedal cycle constructed or adapted for the carriage of passengers;

“use” means use on a road;

“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;

“weight unladen” means the weight of a vehicle inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road but exclusive of any drivers or attendants and the weight of water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for the propulsion of the vehicle or of loose tools and loose equipment.