Notice.
Scaffolding.
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2. Whenever it appears to the Council that any land or any pond, tank, well, spring, seepage, drain, stream, water-logged ground or swamp, or other collection of water therein, is likely to be prejudicial or dangerous to health or a nuisance or offensive to health or favourable to the existence or propagation of mosquitoes, the Council may by notice in writing require the owner of the land to take, within a reasonable time to be specified in the notice, such action in regard to such land or pond, tank, well, spring, seepage, drain, stream, water- logged ground or swamp, or other collection of water thereon, as may in the opinion of the Council be necessary to prevent the land or water thereon being prejudicial or dangerous to health or a nuisance or offen- sive to health or favourable to the existence or propagation of mos- quitoes.
3. No bamboo or other scaffolding shall be erected or maintained in which there is any exposed cavity capable of retaining water.
Right of
Council in respect of refuse.
Sites for disposal
of refuse.
Scavenging
to be done depart- mentally or by contract.
Servants
of con- tractors
to wear distinguish- ing badges.
Duties of owners and occupiers
with regard to refuse.
Scavenging.
1. The Council shall have the exclusive right to collect and remove, or to delegate to others the right to collect and remove, all refuse, and all matter so collected shall be the property of the Council who may sell or otherwise dispose of it.
2. A site or sites may be provided by the Council on which refuse of any description shall be deposited and disposed of as the Council may direct.
3.-(1) The Council shall provide a departmental service or em- ploy contractors for the general surface scavenging of the following districts:-
(a) The City of Victoria.
(b) The Hill District.
(c) The Villages or districts of Shaukiwan West, Sai Wan Ho, Wong Kok Tsui, Quarry Bay, Tsat Tsz Mui, Chuen Lung, Ma Shan Ha, Fu Tau Fat, Tsin Shui Ma Tau, A Kung Ngam, Aberdeen, Apli- chau, 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 purposes of these by-laws the Council may determine the boundaries of any such village, district or portion.
(d) Such portions of Kowloon (including New Kowloon) as the Council shall from time to time determine.
(2) Such contractors are hereinafter referred to as scavenging contractors.
4. Every servant of a scavenging contractor shall, while at work, wear such distinguishing badge as shall from time to time be directed by the Council.
5.-(i) The occupier, or, if there be no occupier, the owner or the immediate landlord, of any house or promises situated within any of the districts specified in by-law 3 shall provide himself with a sufficient number of strong substantial movable dust-bins or dust-cans, con- structed of impervious material and fitted with closely fitting covers and of a pattern approved by the Council, and shall deposit therein from day to day all refuse which has accumulated in his house or premises. He shall also, at such a time or times as may be fixed and notified by the Council, make due provision for the daily removal from his premises of all refuse and other objectionable matter to the refuse-lorries, dust-bins or dust-boats provided by the Council.
He shall also give access to any authorised person for the purpose of scavenging and removing refuse from any part of such premises, and, if the open space appurtenant to such premises be enclosed, the door or gate shall be opened for such purpose whenever required.