THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1912,
HONGKONG.
No. 41 of 1912.
An Ordinance to prevent the undue and im- proper interference with or hampering of lawful business and commercial undertakings.
I assent to this Ordinance.
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F. H. MAY, Governor.
Short title.
Definitions.
Beycotting.
Intimida- tion.
Person.
Society.
Member of a Society which
commits violence
threat or intimida- tion guilty. of an offence.
[20th December, 1912.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Boycott Pre- vention. Ordinance 1912.
2. In this Ordinance :--
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"Boycotting means and includes the use of any words; or the importing, making, printing, reproducing, having in possession, having under control, placarding, posting, disseminating, or in any other manner whatsoever dealing with any printed, written, or otherwise produced documents, papers, matter, or pictorial repre- sentations; or the doing of any acts; intended or calculated to persuade or induce any person or persons
(.) not to let, hire, use, make use of, or occupy any immovable or movable property in any lawful manner; or
(b.) not to deal with, trade with, work for, or hire in any lawful manner any person or per- sons in the ordinary course of trade, business, occupation, employment, or undertaking ;, or
(r.) not to carry out or comply with the requirements of the Law; or
(d.) to refuse to comply with or to inter- fere with the administration of the Law. "Intimidation" includes any words or acts intended or calculated to put any person in fear of any injury or danger to himself, or to any member of his family, or to any person in his employ- ment, or in fear of any injury to or loss of pro- perty, business, employment, means of living, or membership of or status in any society as defined in this Ordinance.
"Person" includes the public generally or any portion of the public or any society as defined in this Ordinance.
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Society" includes any company, corporation, club, guild, or any combination or association of any kind whatsoever consisting of more than two persons whether such combination or associa- tion be known or designated by any distinctive
name or not.
3. Any person who shall be a member of or take part in any society which shall use violence, threat, or intimida- tion to or towards any person or persons with the view of causing any person or persons either to do any act which such person or persons has or have a legal right to abstain from doing or to abstain from doing any act which such person or persons has or have a legal right to do shall be deemed to have committed an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance.