58A—Objectionable persons in public passenger vehicles
(1) The driver or
conductor of a public passenger vehicle or a police officer may request a
person to leave the vehicle if—
(a)
before, or at the time when, the person entered the vehicle he or she was
informed by the driver or conductor that it was fully loaded with passengers;
or
(b) the
person, being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, is causing, or is
likely to cause, annoyance to any passenger in the vehicle; or
(c) the
person's attire or person soils or damages, or is likely to soil or damage,
any part of the vehicle or the attire or belongings of any such passenger; or
(d) the
person acts in a noisy, violent or abusive manner, or uses obscene or indecent
language, or consumes intoxicating liquor, in the vehicle, after having been
requested to cease doing so.
(2) A person who, upon
being requested to depart from the vehicle, fails to comply with the request
forthwith, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(3) A person who, upon
being so requested, fails to comply with the request may be removed from the
vehicle by the driver, conductor or police officer and any person or persons
whom the driver, conductor or officer may call to assist.
(4) The driver,
conductor or police officer may require a person who fails to comply with the
request to state his or her correct full name and correct address and a person
who fails to comply with that requirement forthwith is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(5) If the driver,
conductor or police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the name or
address stated by the person is incorrect or false in any particular, the
person must, if required to do so by the driver, conductor or officer, produce
evidence of the correctness of the name or address so stated.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(6) Any such person
who produces false evidence with respect to his or her name or address is
guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $750.