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Bicycle Registration Act

LAWS OF TONGA

1988 Revised Edition

CHAPTER 157

BICYCLE REGISTRATION ACT

Arrangement of Sections

Section
1 Short title.
2 Interpretation.
3 Registration of bicycle.
4 Fine.

SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF PARTICULARS TO BE GIVEN BY APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION OF A PEDAL BICYCLE
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3

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BICYCLE REGISTRATION ACT

Acts Nos. 13 of 1944, 10 of 1955, 20 of 1973, 11 of 1986, 44 of 1988.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES

Commencement [3rd August, 1944]

1 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Bicycle Registration Act.

2 Interpretation.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires –

"bicycle" means any pedal vehicle propelled by human volition;

"public way" means any road, street, place, bridge, wharf, or other way lawfully used by the public.

3 Registration of bicycle.

(1) Every owner of a bicycle shall before using the same on any public way make application for registration in the form set out in Schedule 1 and register such bicycle in the police office of the district in which the owner resides and pay the annual registration in respect thereof as laid down in Schedule 2 hereto:

Provided always that nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as to prevent the owner, or any person authorised by him from taking such bicycle along a public way to the police office for the purpose of registration. (Amended by Act 20 of 1973.)

Number plate.

(2) When application is made by an owner for registration of a bicycle such bicycle shall be brought to the police office for inspection and upon registration being granted the police officer shall affix to the bicycle a number plate as directed by the police officer in charge and the chief police officer of the district shall issue to the owner a certificate of registration in the form prescribed in Schedule 3 hereto. (Amended by Act 20 of 1973.)

(3) Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20. (Amended by Act 44 of 1988.)

(4) Any person who –

• (a) makes any false statement in his application; or
• (b) unlawfully alters any particular in a certificate of registration; or
• (c) uses a number plate on a bicycle other than that to which it has been given, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30. (Inserted by Act 20 of 1973 and Amended by Act 44 of 1988.)
  

Fine.

Every person who shall let out for hire a bicycle without having first registered the bicycle as a bicycle for hire shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40. (Amended by Act 44 of 1988.)

SCHEDULE 1
(Inserted by Act 20 of 1973.)

FORM OF PARTICULARS TO BE GIVEN BY APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION OF A PEDAL BICYCLE

The Bicycle Registration Act

............................................... Signature of Owner
Date of application ......................................................

N.B.--It is an offence under the Act to give any particulars which are not correct.

SCHEDULE 2
(Substituted by Act 11 of 1986.)

Annual fee for registration of a bicycle .....................................................$2 Annual fee for registration of a bicycle for hire ...........................................$3

SCHEDULE 3

GOVERNMENT OF TONGA

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FOR A BICYCLE

District ............................................................... No ........................... Dated the .............................................day of .................................................. Bicycle No ...................., whereof .................................. of .......................................... is the owner, is hereby registered for use within the Kingdom of Tonga until the 31st
day of December, 19 ........................ Make of Bicycle ........................................................................... To be used privately. for letting for hire.
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Police Officer

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