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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY.
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No. 29.
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Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, THURSDAY, 31ST MAY, 1894.
VOL. XL.
日七十二月四年午甲 日一十三月五年四十九百八千一 簿十四第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 208.
The following Additional Bye-laws made under sections 32 and 33 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, and approved by the Governor in Council this day, are published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 31st May, 1894.
ADDITIONAL BYE-LAWS
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J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Made by the Sanitary Board under the provisions of sections 32 and 33 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887,” now in force in this Colony by virtue of a Proclamation by His Excellency the Officer Admi- nistering the Government in Council dated the 10th day of May, 1894, issued under the provisions of section 31 of the same Ordinance and published in the "Hong- kong Government Gazette" of the 10th
May, 1894.
1. The Permanent Committee appointed by the said Board under No. 12 of the Bye-laws dated and published in the Hongkong Government Gazette on the 11th May instant may, if satisfied that any building in the Colony is in such a dirty or insanitary condition as to constitute a danger to health, give notice to the householder to have the building in respect of which the notice is given forthwith thoroughly cleansed, color-washed and, if the notice so specifies, disinfected.
2. If within 48 hours after the service of such notice the householder has not cleansed, color- washed and, if required so to do, disinfected the building in respect of which the notice was given to the satisfaction of the Permanent Committee, it shall be lawful for the Permanent Committee by its officers and their assistants, or by means of contractors specially employed for that purpose, to enter and take possession of such building, remove the inhabitants therefrom and proceed to thoroughly cleanse, color-wash and disinfect such building, provided always that such cleansing, color-washing and disinfecting shall be commenced and completed within the hours of daylight of one day.
3. The expenses incurred by the Permanent Committee in so cleansing, color-washing and disinfecting and in the removal and destruction of all rags, dirt and rubbish removed from such house, shall, without prejudice to any liability to a penalty under The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, be borne and paid by the householder, upon a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Permanent Committee which shall be conclusive evidence that such building was in a dirty and insanitary condi- tion, that notice was duly served on the householder, that he was in default, that the building was cleansed, color-washed and disinfected by the Permanent Committee and as to the amount of expenses, and no defence shall be open to any person sued upon any such certificate except the defence that he was not the householder as defined by section 3 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887.