Offences and penalties

(1) Any owner or operator of a motor omnibus referred to in regulation 174A and 174B above who fails to comply with the provisions of the aforesaid regulations, or who fails to comply with the provisions of regulations 175(2) and 181(g), commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment and shall additionally be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars or to ten days imprisonment for each day each of his motor omnibuses is operated, after the first conviction, in contravention of the regulations referred to in this subregulation. (2) Every driver or conductor of a motor omnibus who fails to comply with the provisions of regulations 175(1) above commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each route 164 undertaken by the motor omnibus in contravention of the aforesaid regulation. (3) Every driver of a motor omnibus who contravenes the provisions of regulation 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182 or 184 of these regulations commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars (4) Every driver of a motor omnibus which provides an express service who stops in between the designated points for which the express service is provided to pick up or drop off passengers commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine for each contravention not exceeding five hundred dollars. (5) Every owner or operator of a motor omnibus which is operated without a valid road service permit issued pursuant to these regulations commits an offence and shall be liable– (a) on first conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine of five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for one month; and (b) on a second or subsequent conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period of six (6) It shall be lawful for the Department of Transport, when enforcing these Regulations, to revoke or cancel the road service permit issued to an owner or operator of a motor omnibus who or which persistently contravenes these Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 165 International Licences Schedule U.