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Regulation 22 of Land Transport Authority (Public Service Vehicle) regulation 2000 states the Public Service Vehicle Passengers will not:

1. Use obscene or offensive language or conduct himself in a riotous or disorderly manner;  
2. Enter or alight from the vehicle otherwise than by the doors or opening provided for the purpose.
3. When entering or attempting to enter the vehicle, willfully or unreasonably impede passengers seeking to enter the vehicle or alight there from;
4. Enter or remain in or on the vehicle when requested no to do so by an authorized person or police officer on the ground that the vehicle is carrying its full complement or that the operator is debarred from picking up passengers at the place in question by reason of the conditions attached to his road service license;
5. Travel in or on any part of the vehicle not provided for the conveyance of passengers;
6. Willfully do or cause to be done with respect to any part of the vehicle or its equipment anything which is calculated to obstruct or interfere with the working of the vehicle or cause injury or discomfort to any person;
7. When the vehicle is in motion, distract the attention of the driver speak to him without reasonable cause;
8. Spit upon or from or willfully damage, soil or defile any part of the vehicle
9. When in or on the vehicle for the purpose of advertising, distribute printed or similar matter of any description or distribute any article;
10. Willfully remove, displace, deface or alter any number plate, notice board, fare table, route indicator or destination board or any printed or other notice or advertisement in or on the vehicle;
11. When in or on the vehicle, to the annoyance of other persons, use or operate any noisy instrument or make or combine with any other person or persons to make any excessive noise by singing, shouting or otherwise;
12. Throw any article out of the vehicle or attach to or throw from or trail from the vehicle any streamer, balloon, flag or other article in such manner as to cause danger to anyone in or on the vehicle or on the road;
13. Willfully obstruct or impede any authorized person in the carrying out of his duties upon or in connection with the vehicle;
14. Bring in or upon any vehicle, any animal or article of offensive character or of such dimensions as to inconvenience any passenger or any substance which might soil or damage the vehicle or the apparel of any passenger;
15. Enter or travel in or on a vehicle with loaded firearms or nay dangerous article;
16. With intent to avoid payment, leave a vehicle without paying the fare for the journey which he has taken;
17. If requested by an authorized person, refuse to leave the vehicle on the completion of the journey the fare for which has been paid;
18. If he is in a state of intoxication, enter or attempt to, or having entered refuse to leave the vehicle
19. Enter or alight from any vehicle while the vehicle is in motion or attempt to do so and
20. If a ticket is required to be issued to him, travel in the vehicle unless there has been issued to him a valid and subsisting ticket and he shall not fail to produce such ticket on demand to an authorized person or police officer.

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