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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 13, 1909.
Repeal of of section $
of the Liquor
11. Section 8 of the Liquor Liceuces Extension Or- dinance, 1908, is hereby repealed.
Licences
Extension
Ordinance 1908.
Short title.
The Captain Superin- tendent of
Police may grant permit to keep a
Dogs Home.
Exemption of Dogs Home
from the
Memorandum.
The primary object of this measure is to transfer from the Justices of the Peace to the Government the control of publican's and adjunct licences.
The existing system, whereby these licences are issued by the Justices, has been proved in practice to be cumbrous by reason of the lengthy procedure attendant under the Principal Ordinance upon the issue of a licence and to be more a matter of form than of utility by reason of the fact that the meetings are attended for the most part only by the presiding Magistrate, the Captain Superintendent of Police and one other official Justice called in to make a
quorum.
The person most competent to judge of the merits of a candidate for a licence and of the suitability of a locality in which it is desired to open liceused premises is the Captain Superintendent of Police, upon whom devolves the duty of ensuring that the business of the licensee is carried on in a proper and orderly manner. It is proposed accordingly to give the Captain Superintendent of Police power to issue all publican's and adjunct licences subject to the right of appeal on the part of an aggrieved party to the Governor-in-Council.
The requirement of the Principal Ordinance that a licensee shall enter into a recognisance is repealed, as any breach of the conditions under which a licence is held can be fully dealt with under sections 38 and 39 of the Principal Ordinance.
Section 3 of this Ordinance gives the Governor-in- Council power to make such regulations as he may think fit, for the purpose of controlling the business carried on by the holder of a publican's or an adjunct licence.
Section 6 empowers the Governor-in-Conneil to regulate the standard of quality of all intoxicating liquors sold in the Colony.
Under section 9 the Governor-in-Council is given power to transfer the duty of issuing and renewing licences from the Colonial Secretary to other officers.
It is proposed to place these duties entirely in the hands of the Captain Superintendent of Police who by the nature of his office is the officer best qualified to control the sale of intoxicating liquors.
HENRY S. BERKELEY, Attorney Generai.
A BILL
UNTITLED
An Ordinance to amend the Dogs Ordinance,
1893.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Conneil thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dogs (Âmend- ment) Ordinance, 1909.
2. The Captain Superintendent of Police with the ap- proval of the Governor may grant to any person a permit to keep a Dogs Home.
Every such permit shall be subject to any Regulations which may be made under section 5 of the Dogs Ordinance, 1893, and may be revoked at any time by the Captain Superintendent of Police,
3. The provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Dogs Ordinance, 1893, shall not apply to a dog while detained provisions of in any Dogs Home kept under permit from the Captain
Superintendent of Police.
sections B
and 4 of
Ordinance
No. 5 of 1893.
Memorandum,
The Ordinance makes provision whereby Homes for lost dogs may be established and maintained under permit from the Captain Superintendent of Police subject to Regulations. under the Dogs Ordinance, 1893.
HENRY S. RroveIRY