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THE HONG KONG: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 5, 1930.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of
1845, s. 6 (4)
and s. 7.
Adds a proviso to s. 13 (1) of Ordinance No. 1 of 1845.
Amendment
of Ordinance
No. 1 of 1845, s. 19 (3).
Amendment
No. 1 of 1845, s. 23.
marriage processions or to processions undertaken in connection with their duties by members of the naval, military, air, volunteer, police or police reserve forces or of the Boy Scouts or Girl Guides Organizations. Provided always that every procession shall conform to the regulation of traffic by any police officer on duty.
(13D.) in any public street, road or place posts up or exhibits, or causes to be posted up or exhibited any notice or proclamation in the Chinese language without the permission of the Secretary For Chinese Affairs or a District Officer. This paragraph is not to apply to Govern- ment Notices;
(13E) organises or takes part in any public meeting, not being a meeting solely for religious worship, held without the permission of the Inspector General of Police;
3. Sub-section (4) of section 6, and the whole of section 7 of the principal Ordinance, are repealed.
4. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended as follows
(a) by the addition at the end of sub-section
(1) thereof of the following proviso :—
Provided always that in the case of funerals and marriages it shall be lawful to play ceremonial music of a moderately quiet character from which the reed- pipe, cymbals and other specially noisy instruments are excluded. But in no case shall such music be played between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.
(b) by the repeal of the words "shall apply only to such districts" in sub-section (3) thereof and by the substitution therefor of the words "shall not apply to such districts or areas 59
5. Sub-section (3) of section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting the words " or with intent to destroy evidence of any offence" before the word "drinks" in the sixth line thereof.
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6. Section 23 of the principal Ordinance of Ordinance amended by inserting the words or who makes any speech tending directly or indirectly whether by infer- ence, suggestion, allusion, metaphor, implication or otherwise to encourage or incite any person to interfere with the maintenance of law and order," after the word "occasioned in line 5 thereof.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of 1815, s. 25.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of 1845, s. 26 and substitu- tion of new
section.
7.—(1) Section 25 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
(2) The words " Apprehension of offenders, etc." in the heading to section 25 of the principal Ordinance are also repealed.
8. Section 26 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:
Disorderly persons and loiterers.
26. Any person who is found between sunset and 6 a.m. loitering in any highway, yard or other place and who cannot give a
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