THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND DECEMBER, 1899.
No. 34 OF 1899.
An Ordinance to make further provision for the sanitation of the Colony and to repeal certain enactments of the closed houses and insanitary dwellings Ordinance, 1894.
LS HENRY A. BLAKE,
Governor.
[30th November, 1899.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Insanitary Pro- Short title, perties Ordinance, 1899: it shall not apply to the Hill and applica- District or to any portion of the New Territories except to tion. such portion thereof as it shall hereafter be expressly extended to by Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance unless the contrary intention Interpreta- appears,--
The expression "Hill District" means any part of the island of Hongkong above the 600 feet contour, except Chinese villages:
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The expression "New Territories' means the addi- tional territories acquired by this Colony under the provisions of a Convention, dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China for the enlargement of the limits of this Colony: The expression "Street" includes any square, court or alley, highway, lane, road, or passage whether a thoroughfare or not:
The expression "Domestic Building" means any human habitation or building where persons pass the night, but shall not include any human habitation or building where caretakers not exceeding two in number pass the night:
The expression "Owner" includes any person, company, or corporation which holds any premises direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, and also includes any person, company, or corpora- tion for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, solely or as joint-tenant, or tenant in common with others, or receiving the rent of any premises whether on his own behalf or that of any other person, or, where no such owner as above defined can be found or ascertained, the occupier; and for the purposes of this Ordinance every mortgagee in possession shall be deemed an owner.
tion.
3 No room fitted with bunks or beds shall be so fitted Limit of as thereby to provide sleeping accommodation for a greater fittings for number of persons than are by law permitted to occupy the
room.
sleeping ac-
commodation in a room.
4. The following requirements shall be observed with Require- regard to cubicles and partitions :—
(a.) In domestic buildings fronting streets of a width of less than 15 feet, no cubicles or partitions shall be erected, or if already existing shall be allowed to remain, except on the top floor.
ments as to cubicles.
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