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Public Latrines.
51. (1) No public latrine shall be erected until the Sanction of sanction of the Council in writing has been obtained.
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necessary for erection
(2) The Council shall not incur any legal liability in of public respect of having granted such sanction, nor shall such latrines. sanction protect the owner of any public latrine from any liability to an injunction or other legal proceedings should the latrine be at any time so conducted as to become a nuisance, or its erection be contrary to agreement or be otherwise wrongful.
apply to
52. When, in the opinion of the Council, additional Council may public latrine accommodation is required in any locality upon Government unleased Crown Land, the Council may apply in writing to the for additional Governor, through the Colonial Secretary, specifying the site tries. upon which it desires the erection of a public latrine, and the accommodation to be provided by such latrine.
of intention
53. If such application is approved by the Governor Notification a notification shall be published, in English and Chinese, in to erect three successive numbers of the Gazette, specifying the site public and notifying that the Government proposes to erect thereon a public latrine.
latrine.
to erection
latrine.
54.-(1) If any owner or occupier of property in the Objection immediate vicinity of such site objects to such erection, such of public objection must be sent in writing to the Colonial Secretary so as to reach his office not later than one week after the publica- tion of the last of such notifications.
(2) Such objection must state the reasons and specify the property with regard to the ownership or occupation of which such objection is made and the interest therein of the objector.
55. If such objection is so duly made and is not with- Resolution drawn the Government shall not be entitled to claim the im-
of Legisla tive Council munity conferred by section 56, unless, after such objection where has been considered, a resolution of the Legislative Council is made.
objection is passed approving of the site and the erection thereon of such latrine.
granted or
56. Where such resolution as is mentioned in section 55 No injunc has beeen passed or where no objection has been so duly tion to be made or has been withdrawn, no injunction shall be granted suit to be
brought in against the erection, continuance or use of such latrine, nor certain shall any suit be brought for damages or compensation in cases. respect of such erection, continuance or use.
latrines
57. The immunity with regard to injunction and suits Existing conferred by section 56 is hereby extended to all the Govern- public ment public latrines existing at the commencement of this protected Ordinance, as fully as if the resolution referred to had been injunction. passed in each case.
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control
58. The Council shall have the control and management Council to of all Government public latrines erected under the provisions public of this Ordinance, or protected thereby, and any provisions latrines. relating to public latrines shall apply to all Government public latrines.
59. Nothing in this Ordinance contained relating to Saving of public latrines shall in any way be deemed to derogate from existing
rights. any existing rights or powers of the Government.