THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 14, 1912.
(5.) It shall be lawful for the Governor by notification in the Gazette and subject to such conditions as he may think fit to suspend the operation of this regulation during any period of public rejoicing.
3.--(1.) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any authorised agent of his to advertise any saleable commodity by means of any lettering or device on sail, flag mast, spar, wood, awning or hull of any vessel of any descrip- tion in the waters of the Colony.
(2.) This regulation shall not apply to any bumboat man bona fide advertising his own name and trade and not advertising the saleable commodities of another.
4. Nothing in these regulations shall apply to any person acting, or to any act done, under direction of the Government or of the Naval or Military author- ities.
R., H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
11th June, 1912.
Approved by the Legislative Council this 13th day of June, 1912.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.
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No. 203.
Amendment of Byelaws made under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances 1903 to 1909,
Disinfection of Infected Premises.
Byelaw No. 3 of the Disinfection of Infected Premises Byelaws made under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and published in the Government Gazette on the 4th December, 1908, and at pages 468 and 469 of the Regulations of Hong- kong, 1910, is hereby repealed and the following Byelaw substituted therefor :-
3. All infected premises shall forthwith after the removal therefrom of the infected person or animal or of the dead body be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, and if in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health it is necessary in the interests of the public health, the persons residing in such building or part of a building shall be detained therein or shall be removed to such buildings or vessels as the Board niay direct and there be isolated and kept under supervision until such time as they may, in the opinion of the said Medical Officer of Health or other medical officer in charge of such buildings or vessels be safely released; and it shall not be lawful for any person to re-occupy any such building or part of a building until it has been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected as aforesaid. Such cleansing and disinfection may, with the approval of the Medical Officer of Health, be done in whole or in part by the inmates or by persons engaged by them. And further if in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health it is necessary for the thorough purification and disinfection of such premises to take down any lath and plaster or other hollow partition wall or any partition, screen, panelling, wainscotting, skirting, stair-lining, ceiling or other similar structure, or any fittings or any portion of such wall, structure or fitting the Medical Officer of Health shall forthwith have the same taken down, and if he considers their removal from the premises or the destruction thereof or both necessary in the interests of the public health he shall forthwith cause the same to be removed from the premises or destroyed or both. Such destruction shall be carried