Parking

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the driver of a vehicle shall not park it or leave it standingMotor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 123 (a) on any road (including the shoulder of the road) outside the limits of any city or town at any time; (b) in any other place where parking is prohibited; (c) in any parking place except in accordance with the regulations governing the use of that parking place. (2) Where a vehicle has broken down on a road, the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle shall not leave it or permit it to be left on any road without taking the requisite steps to indicate its presence and position by lighting or otherwise to other persons using the road, and shall take immediate steps to have it removed as near to the right of the road as possible and thereafter shall remove or cause it to be removed from the road without undue delay. (3) No person shall park a vehicle on or over a sidewalk or causeway by the side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of pedestrians. (4) No person shall park or draw up a vehicle or leave it standing on any road within three yards of a fire hydrant. (5) No person shall dismantle or abandon a vehicle on a road. (6) Where a member of the Police Department, a transport officer or a traffic warden finds a vehicle on a road in violation of this regulation, he may, without prejudice to other penalties prescribed for such violation, remove such vehicle from the road or cause the same to be removed, and in every such case the cost of removal shall be paid by the owner or other person in charge of the vehicle and shall operate as a charge on the 124 (7) Where a vehicle is removed from a road in pursuance of paragraph (6) above, the owner or other person in charge of the vehicle may, after paying the cost of removal, claim it within two weeks of the date of such removal, and if no such claim is made within the aforesaid period, the vehicle may be treated as a ‘derelict vehicle’ and the provision of section 6 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act shall, mutatis mutandis, (8) Where a vehicle is found on a road in violation of this regulation and the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle cannot be identified, the registered owner of the vehicle shall be presumed to be the driver and may be proceeded against accordingly unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent or that he had taken reasonable steps to prevent the offence being committed. Use and Maintenance of Motor Vehicles