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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 15, 1939.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 1164.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 44 of 1935. (PREVENTION OF
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS).
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 8 (1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance, 1935, as amended by Section 2 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Ordinance, 1939, the Governor in Council hereby makes the following regulations :--
Bird Shops.
1. In these regulations "bird shop" means any premises where any animal not being an equine or bovine animal, or a dog, cat, pig, sheep, goat or poultry is kept or exposed for sale or exhibition or sold (whether for consumption as food or not).
2. It shall not be lawful to keep or carry on the business of a bird shop unless a licence for such bird shop has been issued by the Urban Council. Such licence shall be additional to any licence issued under the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935.
3. No holder of a licence shall sub-let, assign or transfer his licence without the written permission of the Urban Council.
4. Every holder of a licence and his servants or agents shall permit the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and any officer of the Sanitary Department, at all reasonable times to enter and inspect the licensed premises and to inspect the animals kept therein and the conditions under which they are kept.
5. The holder of the licence shall during business hours be in attendance at the licensed premises and shall not absent himself therefrom for more than one month without the written permission of the Chairman of the Urban Council.
6. It shall be lawful for the Urban Council to impose on any licence such conditions as it thinks fit.
7. It shall be lawful for the Urban Council to refuse to grant or to renew, revoke or suspend any licence of any bird shop if it appears to the Urban Council that by reason of the conduct of the applicant for or holder of the licence or by reason of the condition of the bird shop or the cages or animals therein, it is not in the interests of the health or comfort of, or the prevention of cruelty to animals to grant or renew the licence or to permit the holder of the licence to continue to keep or carry on the business of a bird shop.
8. The fee for the grant or renewal of a licence shall be five dollars. Every licence shall be renewable annually on the first day of January.