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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bill.
No. S. 425.-The following bill is published for general
information
(C.S.O. 4301/29).
A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 34-1.11.34.-3.]
Short title.
Government buildings and works exempt.
Saving as to tenancy contracts.
Inter- pretation.
Adjoining
owner,
Author of a nuisance.
Authorised architect.
Balcony.
Basement.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to
the construction of Buildings.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
ance,
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Buildings Ordin-
1934.
Exemptions and Savings.
2. The provisions of this Ordinance with reference to the construction of buildings and the carrying out of works shall not apply in the case of buildings or works belonging to the Crown or to the Colonial Government or upon any land vested in any person on behalf of His Majesty's naval, military or air force services; but all the provisions of this Ordinance in relation to hoardings, scaffoldings, and verandahs, balconies and areas on or over or into unleased Crown land shall apply without exception to all buildings throughout the Colony.
affect the 3. Nothing herein contained shall vary or rights or liabilities as between landlord and tenant under any contract between them.
Interpretation.
4. In this Ordinance,
(1) "Adjoining owner" means the owner or one of the owners, and "adjoining occupier' means the occupier or one of the occupiers, of land, buildings, storeys or rooms adjoining those of the "building owner".
(2)
"Author of a nuisance" means the person by whose act, default, permission, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues.
(3) "Authorised architect" means any individual whose name appears in the list of authorised architects hereinafter provided for.
(4) "Balcony" means any stage, platform, oriel or other similar structure projecting from a main wall of any building and supported by brackets or cantilevers.
under-
(5) "Basement" means any cellar, vault, or ground room or any room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil to an average height exceeding 2 feet above the floor level.