0801
1942
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bills.
No. S. 375.-The following Bills are published for general
information:
Short title.
Amendment of Ordin- ance No. 28 of 1917.
A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 37-25.10.35-1.
An Ordinance to amend the Ferries Ordinance, 1917.
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 Ferries Amend- ment Ordinance, 1935.
2. The Ferries Ordinance, 1917, is amended-
(i) by the addition to the long title of the words "and ferry piers":
(ii) by the addition of the following paragraph after paragraph (c) in section 2 (1) thereof:-
(d) "Ferry pier" means any pier which is used for the purposes of a ferry:
(iii) by the insertion of the following sub-section after sub-section (6) in section 5 thereof :-
(6A) for regulating ferry piers.
Objects and Reasons.
1. Section 2 of this Ordinance amends the principal Ordinance by adding thereto a power to the Governor in Council to make regulations for ferry piers.
2. It is considered more appropriate that the power of regulating such piers should be exercised under an express enactment dealing with the subject rather than, as hitherto, under the general provisions of the Public Places Regulation Ordinance, No. 2 of 1870.
3. The amendment is effected by adding to the principal Ordinance, in the long title, the words "and ferry piers", by adding a new paragraph (d) to section 2 (1) defining "ferry pier" and by inserting a new sub-section (6A) in section 5 enabling the Governor in Council to make regulations for ferry piers.
November, 1935.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.