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Conservancy.
1. The Council shall have the exclusive right to collect, remove Rights of and dispose of, or to delegate to others the right to collect, remove and Council with dispose of, all excretal matter from latrines (other than water closets), regard to and all matter so collected shall be the property of the Council excretal who may sell or otherwise dispose of it.
matter.
2.-(1) The Council shall provide a departmental service or employ Removal contractors for the removal of excretal matter from the following of excretal buildings (where not fitted with water closets):-
(a) All buildings in the Hill District.
matter to
be done by con- tractors or
(b) All Government buildings (including Government latrines) and by depart- all privately owned public latrines in the following districts:-
(i) The City of Victoria, Wong Nei Chong Village and Road (South of City Boundaries), Tai Hang Village, Sookunpoo Valley, Tung Lo Wan, Whitfield and Shaukiwan Road from City Boundary to Joint Cable Houses.
(ii) The Villages or districts of Shaukiwan, Shaukiwan West, Sai Wan Ho, Wong Kok Tsui, Quarry Bay, Tsat Tsz Mui, Shaukiwan Road (East of Joint Cable Houses), Chuen Lung, Ma Shan Ha, Fu Tau Fat, Tsin Shui Ma Tau, A Kung Ngam, Aberdeen, Aplichau, Stanley and Tai Tam, and such other portions of the Island of Hong Kong as the Council shall from time to time determine.
For the purpose of these by-laws the Council may determine the boundaries of any such village, district or portion.
(iii) Such portions of Kowloon (including New Kowloon) as the Council shall from time to time determine.
(2) Such contractors are hereinafter referred to as conservancy
contractors.
(3) The terms and conditions of conservancy contracts shall be settled by the Council subject to the approval of the Governor.
(4) In districts where a departmental service is provided the Urban Council shall have power to charge such fees for collecting excretal matter as it may with the consent of the Governor in Council from time to time determine.
mental service.
3. Every servant of a conservancy contractor shall, while at work, Servants of wear such distinguishing badge as shall from time to time be directed contractors by the Council.
to wear distinguish. ing badges.
excretal
4. The occupier of any premises which are situated within any Arrange- of the districts specified in by-law 2, or, if there be no occupier, the ments for owner or immediate landlord, shall, unless such premises are a Govern- removal of ment building or a privately owned public latrine, make due provision matter. for the daily removal of all excretal matter from such premises for delivery thereof to the servants of a conservancy contractor or to servants of the Sanitary Department appointed for the purpose, and shall not dispose of any such excretal matter in any other manner.
He shall also afford access to any servant of a conservancy con- tractor or of the Sanitary Department for the purpose of the removal of excretal matter from any part of the premises, and, if the open space appurtenant thereto is enclosed, the gate or door shall be opened for such purpose whenever required.
Provided that this by-law shall not apply to any building provided with water closets adequate for the disposal of the excreta of all the occupants of such building.
5.-(a) The occupier of every privately owned public latrine which Removal of is situated within any of the districts specified in by-law 2 shall provide excretal not less than one bucket per seat for the storage of excretal matter in matter from rough weather and for the removal of excretal matter.
Such buckets privately shall be of a pattern approved by the Council.
(b) The occupier of every such latrine shall allow the con- servancy contractor for that district or servants of the Sanitary Department to remove all excretal matter from such latrines, and shall pay to such conservancy contractor, or, if a depart-
owned public latrines.