Short title.
Amendment of s. 6A (1) of Ordinance No. 34 of 1910 as amended by s. 2 of Ordinance
No. 18 of 1938.
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A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 12:-27.4.40.—1.]
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, 1940.
2. Sub-section (1) of section 6A of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, as amended by section 2 of the New Territories Regulation Amendment Ordinance, No. 18 of 1938, is further amended-
the Public Health
(a) by the insertion of the words (Food) Ordinance, 1935," after the word "under" in the eighth line thereof, and
(b) by the insertion of the number "13" before the number “15” in the marginal note thereto.
Objects and Reasons.
It is considered that the time has now come for the manufacture and sale of food in the New Territories to be subject to some manner of control on the lines of that exer- cised by the Urban Council in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon. It is not, however, practicable at present to apply in rural areas the same laws and regulations as apply to the urban areas.
2. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 18 of 1938. which replaced section 6A (1) of Ordinance No. 34 of 1910, empowered the Governor in Council to lay down for the New Territories simple general rules for the prevention of nuis- ances and for dealing with matters with regard to which the Urban Council had power to make by-laws under the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, and the Buildings Ordinance, 1935.
3. Clause 2 of this Bill, by providing for the inclusion of the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, in section 6A (1) of the principal Ordinance, enables the Governor in Council to make rules for the maintenance of public health in relation to food in the New Territories.
May, 1940.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.