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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JULY, 1898.
A BILL
Short title.
Construction.
Amendment
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend The Kowloon Godowns Tramways Ordinance, 1897.
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 Kowloon Godowns Tramways Amendment Ordinance, 1898.
2. This Ordinance shall be construed as one with Ordi- nance No. 18 of 1897 in this Ordinance referred to as the principal Ordinance, and that Ordinance and this Ordinance may be cited together as The Kowloon Godowns Tramways Ordinances, 1897 and 1898.
3. Section 6, sub-section 2, of the principal Ordinance is of section 6 hereby amended by adding the words "under the superin- of Ordinance tendence and to the satisfaction" between the words
"authority" and "of.”
No. 18 of 1897.
Powers to make rnles and regula-
Dios.
Penalty for breach of
rules and regulations.
Proof of nules and regulations.
Governor in
make rules
and regula-
tions in cer- tain events.
4. It shall be lawful for the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, and their assigns from time to time to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the use and due maintenance of the Tramways referred to in the principal Ordinance: Provided always that no such rules and regulations, nor any repeal or variation thereof, shall come into force until the same shall have been approved by the Governor in Commeil, and shall have been published in the Gazette,
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5. Every person who shall commit a breach of the rules and regulations made in pursuance of this Ordi- nance shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magis- trate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
6. In all proceedings hofore any Court, the rules and regulations in force for the time being under this Ordinance, shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a copy of the Gazette in which the same shall be published and con- tained.
7. If the said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Council may Company, Limited, or their assigns shall fail to make or vary such rules and regulations as, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, are requisite for the protection of the rights of the inhabitants of the Colouy, or for the public safety, the Governor in Comucil may make an order to be served upon the said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, or their assigns, limiting a time for the making or varying of such rules and regulations, and if such rules and regulations are not made or varied by the time prescribed in such order, the Governor in Council may make or vary such rules and regulations which, when made or varied, and published in the Gazette, shall have the same force and effect as if they were specially enacted herein.
Rules and regulations
and exhibit-
8. The said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, and their assigns shall, from time to to be painted time. cause to be painted on boards, or to be printed and attached in large and legible characters in English and Chinese, a statement of the rules and regulations in force, and shall cause such boards containing such statement to be fixed on some conspicuous part of their promises.
ed.
Objects and Reasons.
The amendments contained in this Ordinance are made by direction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and are similar to the provisions of the corresponding sections la Ordinance number 19 of 1884.