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Short title.
Substitution of new section 6A (1) in Ordinance No. 34 of 1910.
Ordinances Nos. 15 & 18 of 1935.
A BILL
[No. 16-24.8.38.-1]
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the New Territories Regulation
Ordinance, 1910.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the New Territories Regulation Amendment Ordinance, 1938.
2. Sub-section (1) of section 6A of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, is repealed and the following sub- section substituted therefor :—
6A. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make rules, to take effect within the New Territories except New Kowloon for the prevention and abatement of nuisances and the making of orders by magistrates in connexion therewith and also for any matter with regard to which the Urban Council may for the time being have power to make by-laws under the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, and the Buildings Ordinance, 1935, to take effect elsewhere within the Colony.
Objects and Reasons.
1. Clause 2 of this Bill substitutes a new sub-section (1) in section 6A of the principal Ordinance empowering the Governor in Council to make rules for the prevention and abatement of nuisances and the making of magistrates' orders in connexion therewith, and making certain other verbal amendments consequent on the repeal of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and the replacement of that Ordin- ance by new legislation.
2. For some years the Government has endeavoured by the giving of lectures, the circulation of notices and the appointment of a Health Officer in an advisory capacity, to educate the villagers in the New Territories in the principles of sanitation. Other measures have been taken, such as the provision of facilities for scavenging in semi-urban districts, the provision of public latrines, and the assistance of villagers from public funds in the carrying out of small works of improvement to secure more sanitary conditions in certain areas. These measures are in addition to the major works undertaken by the Public Works Department..
3. It is now considered desirable to supplement these measures by the appointment of an additional staff of Chinese Sanitary Inspectors and to lay down rules for the prevention of nuisances.
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