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THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 124.
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His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the QUEEN, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:--
Ordinance No. 4 of 1895.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend "The Public Health Ordinance, 1887," in relation to Common Lodging Houses.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th March, 1895.
J. H. STEWARt Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
No. 4 OF 1895.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, in relation to Common Lodging Houses,
LS
BE
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[26th March, 1895.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance shall be construed and read as one with The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, as amended by Ordinance No. 26 of 1890, and all bye-laws heretofore made thereunder shall be deemed to be made vader The Pub' Health Ordinance, 1887, as hereby further amended.
2. The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, section 3, sub- section 4 (a), (b), is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following sub-section is substituted :---
"4. Common Lodging Houses.
"(a) Any house or part thereof where usually "male persons only are housed-not "being members of the same family-to "the number of ten persons and upwards.
"(b) Any permanent structure in which employ- "ers of labour lodge their employés other "than domestic servants or shopmen."
3. If any person, who opens or keeps open any common lodging house contrary to the provisions of section 73 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, cannot be found, or if the keeper of any common lodging house which is opened or kept open contrary to the provisions aforesaid is absent from the Colony, the householder as defined by The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, shall be deemed to be the person who opens or keeps open such house and shall be liable accordingly.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 26th day of March, 1895.
Title.
Construction.
Amendmen,
of section 3. sub-section 4, of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887.
Amendment of section 73 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887.
ARATHOON SETII, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 26th day of March, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.