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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 20, 1909.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 509.
Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 4 of The Theatres and Public Performances Regulation Ordinance 1908, (Ordinance No. 18 of 1908), this 19th day of August, 1909.
Definition -For the purposes of these Regulations "public performance
shall mean a performance to which the general public are admitted with or without payment for admis-
Sion.
I-Application for Licences.
Any person who desires to have or keep any building, matshed or other place of public resort for the public performance of stage plays shall send an application in writing to the Building Authority as defined by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances 1903-1908 who is hereby authorised to issue licenses under the Public Performances Regulation Ordinance 1908. Such application shall contain, inter alia, the following information :—-
(a.) The names, descriptions and addresses of the person or persons making such application.
(6.) The character of the entertainment for which such premises are proposed to be used.
(c.) Plans, elevations and sections to a scale of not less than of an inch to a foot together with a block plan showing the position of such premises in relation to adjoining buildings and public streets with such completeness as the Building Authority may require. Such plans shall be amended in any particular required by the Building Authority and shall be retained by him and shall form no part of the plans which are required to be deposited with the Building Authority under the provisions of the Public Health and Buildings Ordin- ances 1903-1908.
(d.) The number of persons to be accommodated in the various parts respectively of such premises and the area to be assigned to each person, which shall not be less than 2′ 3′′ × 1′ 8′′, also the widths of all staircases, corridors, gangways, and doorways and the height of all tiers and other parts of the building.
II.-Regulations applicable to Permanent Buildings hereafter erected which it is desired to use for the public performance of Stage Plays.
Site.
1. One half at least of the total length of the boundaries of the site of any premises which consist of an entire building and in the case of a room or other premises not consisting of an entire building one half at least of the total length of the boundaries of the site of the building of which such room or other premises form part shall abut upon streets of which one street at least shall be not less than 40 feet wide and of the remainder none shall be less than 30 feet wide if a carriage-way or 20 feet wide if a footway.
Walls.
2. All such premises shall be enclosed with proper external or party walls of brick or stone or other material approved by the Building Authority.
Dressing Rooms.
3. Dressing rooms shall be arranged in a separate block of buildings or divided from the place of public resort by party walls with only such means of communication therewith as may be approved by the Building Authority: All such dressing rooms shall be constructed of fire-resisting materials and connected with an independent exit leading directly into a thoroughfare or way. All such dressing rooms shall be ventilated to the outer air by
windows in the external walls.
Building exclusively Theatre.
4. No such premises shall be constructed underneath or on the top of any part of any other building.
5. No such premises shall have the gallery, above the level of the pit. the back seats by a partition such seats
Tiers.
more than three tiers or horizontal divisions, including Where the front seats in any tier are separated from shall not count as a separate tier.
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