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4. Powers of entry and inspection are being given to Health Officers and Sanitary Inspectors by the application of sections 8 and 19 of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, to the New Territories, by Order of the Governor in Council under section 99 of that Ordinance.
15. The object of this Bill is to enable the Governor in Council to lay down simple general rules for the prevention and abatement of nuisances, it being considered impracticable at present to apply in rural districts the same laws and regula- tions as apply to the urban areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon.
6. It is proposed in these rules to deal with nuisances which may be the subject of summary prosecution in England under the Public Health Acts. On finding any such nuisance, the inspector would request its abatement and, if it were not abated, apply to a magistrate to make an order. The owner or tenant of the premises on which the nuisance is found to exist would then have an opportunity of contesting the making of the order, and breach of an order, if made, would be dealt with under the ordinary law relating to summary proceedings before magistrates.
August, 1938.
J. A. FRASER,
Attorney General.