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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.
HONG KONG.
No. 36 OF 1935.
I assent.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
L.S.
Officer Administering the Government.
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6th September, 1935.
An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences Ordinance,
1932.
[6th September, 1935.]
909
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Summary Offences Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1935.
2. The Summary Offences Ordinance, 1932, is amended by the addition of the following section after section 19 thereof:
19A. Every person who---
New section 184 to
Ordinance No. 40 of 1932.
Offences in connection
(a) sends any message by telegraph, telephone, wireless with telegraphy or wireless telephony which is grossly offensive telephone or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) sends by any such means any message, which he knows to be false, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any other person; or
(c) persistently makes telephone calls without reasonable cause and for any such purpose as aforesaid, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 5th day of September, 1935.
calls or messages or 25 Geo. 5, telegrams.
c. 15, s. 10 (2).
H. R. BUTTERS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.