112 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 14, 1913.

No. 47.-His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council :-

Ordinance No. 1 of 1913.--An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences Ordi-

nance, 1845.

HONGKONG.

No. 1 of 1913.

An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences

Ordinance, 1845.

I assent to this Ordinance.

LS

F. H. MAY, Governor.

Short title.

Repeal of

section 13 of

Ordinance No 1 of 1845 and substitu-

tion of a

new section therefor.

[14th February, 1913.]

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 Summary Offences Amendment Ordinance, 1913.

2. Section 13 of the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1845, is hereby repealed and the following section sub- stituted therefor :-

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13.-(1.) No person shall, between sunset and the hour of six in the following morning, make or cause or permit to be made or caused any noise whatsoever calculated to disturb or interfere with the public tranquillity or calculated to disturb or annoy any person.

(2.) Any person who shall contravene any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of payment thereof to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding three months.

(3.) This section shall apply only to such districts as the Governor-in-Council may direct by notification in the Gazette.”

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 13th day of February, 1913.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 14th day of February, 1913.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

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