24. Section 179 of the principal Act is hereby-amended as follows : -
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section-
| | (a) by the substitution, for the word " passengers ", of the words " persons (including the driver) " ; | | |
| | (b) by the substitution, for the word " passenger ", of the word " person " ; and | | |
| | (c) by the omission of the proviso to that subsection ; | | |
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| (2) in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution, in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of that subsection, for the words " a hiring car or ", of the word " an " ; |
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| (3) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following new subsection : -
| | "(3a) For the purposes of this section in its application in the case of a hiring car,-
| | | (a) a child under three years of age not occupying a separate seat in that car shall not be reckoned as a person ; |
| (b) two children, being each over three years and under twelve years of age, shall be reckoned as one person." ; and |
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| (4) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitution, for the words " of passengers ", of the words " of persons or passengers ". |
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