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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 7, 1919.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 518.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 6 of the Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919, Ordinance No. 22 of 1919, this 6th day of November, 1919.
The regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 6 of the Theatres Regulation Ordinance, 1908, Ordinance No. 18 of 1908, by Government Notification No. 509 on the 19th day of August, 1909, and by Government Notification No. 609 published in the Gazette of the 1st day of October, 1909, are hereby repealed and the following Regulations are hereby substituted therefor :--
Definitions.
For the purposes of these Regulations :--
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'Entertainment" includes any concert, stage play, stage performance, cinema- tograph display, exhibition of dancing, conjuring, or juggling, acrobatic performance, boxing contest, or circus, or any other entertainment of a similar character.
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'Public entertainment means any entertainment to which the general public
are admitted with or without payment for admission.
PART I. .
REGULATIONS CONCERNING PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OTHER THAN MATSHEDS.
Regulation concerning Applications for Licences and the Issue thereof.
1.--(1.) Any person who desires to keep or use any building or place (other than a matshed) for a public entertainment shall (subject to the currency of any existing licence for such building issued under the Theatres Regulation Ordinance, 1908), if not Chinese, send in an application in writing to the Captain Superintendent of Police, and, if Chinese, send in an application in writing to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, which shall contain the following information:-
(a.) The names, descriptions and addresses of the person or persons making
such application.
(b.) The character of the entertainment for which such premises are proposed to be used and the locality of such premises and the general nature of the proposed building.
In the case of an application by a person not Chinese, if the Captain Superintendent of Police approves of such application he shall send on such application to the Building Authority. In the case of an application by a Chinese, if the Secretary for Chinese Affairs approves of such application he shall send on such application to the Captain Superintendent of Police for his approval and if the Captain Superintendent of Police. approves of the application, he shall send on such application to the Building Authority.
The Building Authority shall, unless, owing to special circumstances, he chooses to grant any modification under Regulation 45, be supplied by the applicant with plans, elevations and sections to a scale of not less than of an inch to a foot together with a block plan showing the position of such premises in relation to adjoining buildings and public streets with such completeness as the Building Authority may require. Such plans shall be amended in any particular required by the Building Authority and shall be retained by him, and shall show the number of persons to be accommodated in the various parts respectively of such premises and the area to be assigned to each person, which shall not be less than 2 feet 3 inches by 1 foot 8 inches, also the widths of all staircases, corridors, gangways, and doorways and the heights of all tiers and other parts of the buildings. Such plans shall be drawn on tracing cloth and shall be submitted in duplicate, and copies of such plans shall be posted on the licensed premises by the licensee.