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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25 1940.
Accomadie
toon for
persons who leave places exposed to attack, or ore otherwise zendered Fromeless.
AMITOTIS
(4) If any order made under this regulation is contra- vened or not complied with in the case of any animal or thing, the person in charge thereof shall be guilty of an offence against this regulation.
60.--(1) If the Governor is satisfied that it is necessary that special steps should be taken to provide accommodation for persons who have left or are likely to leave their homes in consequence of or in apprehension of attacks by the enemy, or who have become homeless in consequence of such attacks, he may appoint or authorize the appointment of persons to aet under this regulation subject to any general
special instructions of the Governor; and any person eting in pursuance of an appointment under this paragraph may require the occupier of any premises to provide, subject to the following provisions of this regulation, accommodation In those premises for such persons as the person so acting may assign thereto.
(2) The occupier of any premises shall, if requested so to do by a person acting in pursuance of an appointment under paragraph (1) of this regulation, furnish to that person such information with respect to the accommodation contain- ed in the premises, and with respect to the persons living therein, as he may require for the purposes of this regulation.
(3) A person acting in pursuance of an appointment under paragraph (1) of this regulation may revoke the requirement made under that paragraph with respect to the provision of accommodation in any premises for any person, and may direct that that person shall not thereafter be in those premises except with the consent of the occupier.
(4) The Governor, if satisfied that it is no longer neces- sary that persons or any class of persons should continue to The provided under this regulation with accommodation in any particular area. may by order----
(a) revoke, as from a specified date, all requirements made under paragraph (1) of this regulation with respect to the provision of accommodation for persons or for persons of that class, as the case may be, in the said area, and
(5) direct that on and after that date no person, or, as the case may be, no person of that class, shall be in any premises in the said area to which he has been assigned under this regulation, except with the consent of the occupier of those premises.
(5) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement, direction or order made or given under this regulation. he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one Phonsand dollars.
(4) In this regulation the expression "accommodation" means shelter, with reasonable access to such water supply and sanitary conveniences as are available to the occupier of the premises.
61.-) The Governor may by order prescribe the ps which are to be taken by persons in this Colony to ver themselves against the dangers involved in an attack the enemy, and any such order may provide that, upon giving of any such notice or signal as may be specified order, any persons or classes of persons may, in such