Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Miscellaneous Provisions
144. Property left in public service vehicles
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Every driver or conductor of a public service vehicle must immediately deposit at a place prescribed by the Authority all money or other property left in any public service vehicle of which he or she is in charge and not claimed by the owner thereof.
public service vehicle
“public service vehicle” means a vehicle used or kept for use for the carriage, for hire or reward, of —(a)in the case of a motor car which does not ply for hire on any road but is hired under a contract, express or implied, for the use of the car as a whole, the driver of the car or any passenger; or(b)in any other case, any passenger,but excludes any vehicle constructed for use on fixed rails or specially prepared ways;
Any driver or conductor who neglects or omits to so deposit all money or other property shall be guilty of an offence.
The Authority may make rules —
to prescribe one or more places for the purposes of subsection (1); and
for the disposal of money or other property deposited under subsection (1).