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33.-(1) No room shall be maintained or used for Every room sleeping purposes in any storey of any existing domestic provided building, or of any domestic building hereafter erected, with sky- unless such room is provided with a skylight, or with light or a window or windows opening either directly or across a verandah or balcony into the external air and having an area, clear of any obstruction to the light, equal to at least one tenth of the floor area of such room and being so constructed that at least one half can be opened. In the case of a window or windows the opening shall extend as far as is practicable above the floor level:
Provided that, in the case of existing domestic buildings. the Governor in Council shall have power to modify the requirements of this section in respect to the external air upon such conditions, if any, as he may deem expedient.
(2) No screens or partitions shall be erected or maintain- ed in any room on the ground floor of any domestic building with the exception of such as form one 'ping fung', one show- case, and one accountant's office.
Such structures must comply with the following require- ments, namely :---
(a) A 'ping fung' shall be composed of wire netting, lattice work, railings or carved wood-work which shall be arranged in such a manner as to leave at least two-thirds of its area open and as far as possible evenly distributed.
(b) A show-case shall not extend more than two-thirds across the width of the room and shall leave a space of not less than four feet measured vertically between the top of such show case and the underside of the floor or joists of the floor above.
(e) An accountant's office must have either--
(i) its partitions, with the exception of the one formed by a show-case, composed of wire netting, lattice work, railings or carved wood-work arranged in such a manner as to leave at least two-thirds open and as far as possible evenly distributed: or
(ii) the whole of its front open with the exception of a counter not exceeding three feet and six inches in height, or in the case of a pawnbroker's shop not exceeding seven feet and six inches in height.
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34.-(1) Whenever the Urban Council on the repre- Governor sentation of a Health Officer is satisfied that any of the rooms in Council in any block of domestic buildings are so dark as to be sentation dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inmates, the of the Council may recommend in writing to the Governor in may order Council the demolition of all storeys above the lowermost of storeys, storey of every third building in such block, and the provision provision of of additional windows for such of the buildings as are allowed additional to remain, and the carrying out of such consequential works and other as the Urban Council may deem necessary to render such certain buildings healthy and secure; and the Governor in Council cases, sub- may thereupon direct that such demolition and such compensa- consequential works be carried out, and the amount of tion. compensation to be paid by the Government in respect of such buildings as are demolished wholly or in part shall be determined by arbitration in the manner hereinafter provided.
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