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Section 10, The Motor Vehicles (Third ~~~rt title arty Insurance) Ordinance

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Where a certificate of insurance has been issued in favourof the person by whom a policy has been effected or where a certificate of security has been issued in favour of the person whose liability is covered by such security so much of the policy as ~urports to restrict the insurance of a person insured thereby or, m the case of a security, such conditions attached thereto as purport to restrict the liability of the giver of the security, in respect of any of the following matters- ~ a) the age or physical or mental condition of persons dnvmg the motor vehicle; or (b) the condition of the motor vehicle; or (c) the number of persons that the motor vehicle carries; or h (d) the weight or physical characteristics of the goods that t e motor vehicle carries; or S.L.-VoL. III-11 Avoidance of restrictions on the scope of policies and securities. 1354 Cap. 133] ~Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments against persons insured in respect of third party risks. (e) the times at which or the area within which the motor vehicle is used; or (f) the horse-power or cylinder capacity or value of the motor vehicle; or (g) the carrying on the motor vehicle of any particular apparatus; or (h) the carrying on the motor vehicle of any particular means of identification other than any means of identification required to be carried under the provisions of the Road Traffic Ordinance, shall, in respect of such liabilities as are required to be covered by a policy or security issued for the purposes of this Ordinance, be of no effect: Provided that nothing in this section shall require an insurer or the giver of a security to pay any sum in respect of the liability of any person otherwise than in or towards the discharge of that liability and any sum paid by an insurer or the giver of a security in or towards the discharge of the liability of person which is covered by the policy or security by virtue of this section shall be recoverable by the insurer or the giver of the security from that person.

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