Clause 8

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (1);

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)being owned by a person against whom a warrant of arrest is in force, is parked in a parking place,”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) Where, pursuant to subsection (1)(c), the Superintendent has removed a vehicle to a place of safety or any other place or fixed an immobilisation device to a vehicle, the Superintendent may refuse to release the vehicle unless he is satisfied that the owner of the vehicle has been arrested or has surrendered himself to a police officer or the warrant of arrest in force against him has been cancelled by a court.”; and

by deleting subsection (9) and substituting the following subsection:“(9) In this section —“immobilisation device” means any device or appliance designed or adapted to be fixed to any part of a vehicle for the purpose of preventing the vehicle from being driven or otherwise put in motion, being a device or appliance of a type approved by the Superintendent for use for that purpose in accordance with this section;“owner”, in relation to a vehicle, has the same meaning as in section 14, and “owned” shall be construed accordingly;“warrant of arrest” means a warrant of arrest issued by a court against a person in connection with any offence committed by him under —

this Act or any rules made thereunder; or (b)the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) or the rules.”.