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Draft Bill.
No. S. 153. The following Bill is published for general information:—
[No. 8-28.3.40.-1.]
A BILL
Short title.
New paragraph
3 (1A) for Ordinance
No. 40 of
1932.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences Ordinance,
1932.
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 Summary Offences Amendment Ordinance, 1940.
2. Section 3 of the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1932, is amended by the insertion immediately after paragraph (1) thereof of the following paragraph—-
(1A) in or into a public place or vehicle or any building to which the public have access, spits except into a receptacle or channel for sewage, sullage or waste water;
Objects and Reasons.
1. Clause 2 of this bill adds to section 3 of the principal Ordinance a paragraph including indiscriminate spitting in public places, vehicles and buildings in the category of nuisances punishable on summary conviction by fine or imprisonment.
2. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a serious menace to health and life in Hong Kong and indiscriminate spitting, a habit unfortunately prevalent among certain classes in this Colony, is an important factor in spreading the disease. The present measure extends to public places the prohibition against indis- criminate spitting now enforced, in dairies, milk shops, eating houses, restaurants, food factories, food shops, markets, slaughter-houses and laundries, by by-laws made by the Urban Council. It is recommended by the Urban Council as neces- sary in the interests of public health and supported by the District Watch Committee and by a large body of public opinion in this Colony.
3. The gradual enforcement of the provision introduced by this bill is regarded by the local health authorities as urgently necessary if the spread of tuberculosis is to be checked.
April, 1940.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.