THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1910.
HONGKONG,
No. 34 OF 1910.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the laws
relating to the administration and regulation of the New Territories.
LS
F. II. MAY,
Officer Administering the Gocerument.
[28th October, 1910.]
BE it euacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
PART I
Regulation.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the New Territories Short title. Regulation Ordinance, 1910.
2. The Ordinances set out in the First Schedule to this Ordinances Ordinance are hereby repented,
repealed.
Provided that all regulations, rules and orders hitherto Saving as to made under section 3 of the New Territories (Regulation) existing Ordinance, 1899, sections 4 and 40 of the New Territories regulations, Land Ordinance, 1905, and section 16 of the New Territories etc. Small Debts Court Ordinance, 1908, shall be as valid and binding as though those Ordinances had not been repealed.
3. In this Ordinance or in any regulation made there- Interpreta- under unless the context otherwise requires : --
The New Territories" mean the additional terri- tories acquired by this Colony under the Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Majesty the Emperor of China for the enlargement of the limits of this Colony, including the the City of Kowloon.
New Kowloon means that portion of the New Terri- tories which is delineated and shewn upon a plan marked "New Kowloon" signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office of this Colony.
District Officer" includes Assistant District Officer.
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Northern District means the whole of the New Ter- ritories situate on the mainland except such portion there- of as is included in the Southern District as hereinafter de- fined and includes all Islands which are East of Longitude 11410 and North of Latitude 22-15 excepting the Islands of Tanglang, Fatau Chau und Slope Island.
"Southern District" means that portion of the Now Territories situate on the mainland as is deliuented and shewn on a plan marked Southern District Mainland " dated the 21st day of February, 1909, signed by the Director of Public Works, aud countersigned by the Governor, and deposited in the Land Office of the Colony, and the remainder of the Islands in the New Territories not included in the Northern District.
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"Land includes land covered by Water or within the flow of the sea and houses and other buildings and any undivided share in land and every estate and interest in land and also includes any rent or profit issuing out of land and any easement affecting land,
tion of terms.
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