THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 24, 1914.
2. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Amendment amended by the deletion of the figure and words "3 con- of section 2 secutive weeks in the fifth line thereof and by the sub- of Principal stitution therefor of the words "one week ".
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Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23rd day of April, 1914.
Ordinance.
M. J. BREEN,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 24th
day of April, 1914.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
HONGKONG.
No. 8 OF 1914.
An Ordinance to amend the Electricity Supply
Ordinance, 1911.
I assent to this Ordinance.
LS
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
[24th April, 1914.]
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 Electricity Supply Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1914, and shall be read and con- strued as one with the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1911, (hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance), and this Ordi- nance and the said Ordinance may be cited together as the Electricity Supply Ordinances, 1911-1914.
2. Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Repeal of repealed and the following section substituted therefor :----
section 3 and sub- stitution of new section therefor.
"3.-(1.) The regulations for securing the safety Regulations of the public contained in the schedule shall for securing
the safety of have effect as respects any company generating the public. or supplying electricity within the Colony. (2.) The said regulations may be amended, varied, rescinded, revoked, suspended, or added to by the Governor-in-Council.
(3.) The provisions of this section shall be applic- able retrospectively to any company in exist- ence at the date of the coming into operation of this Ordinance.
(4.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to grant exemption from the provisions of this section to any company which proves to the satisfaction of the Governor-in-Council that the conditions under which it generates or supplies electricity are such as not to endanger in any way the safety of the public."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23rd day of April, 1914.
M. J. BREEN,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by Ilis Excellency the Governor, the 24th
day of April, 1914.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
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