Q4. Can bus drivers evict passengers?
Yes. Bus drivers may remove from a bus any person whom they have reasonable cause to believe that such person or passenger has contravened the Public Bus Services Regulations (Cap. 230A): see Regulation 13(1) of the Public Bus Services Regulations (Cap. 230A).
Bus drivers may also order any person to remove himself from the vehicle where bus drivers have reasonable grounds to believe that such person has committed or is about to commit an offence against the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374D): see Regulation 56(1) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374D).
No person shall having been ordered to remove himself from the vehicle fail to comply with such order: see Regulation 56(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374D).
Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes Regulation 56(2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000: see Regulation 57(2) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374D).
However, in the absence of any reasonable cause or ground to believe that any regulations have been breached, bus drivers may not evict passengers.