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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JUNE, 1891.
Short title.
Meaning of "Pablie Latrine."
Sanction of the Sanitary Bourd to be obtained befors erection.
Effect of such sanction.
Bye-laws.
No. 11 of 1891.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide against abuses connected with the erection of Public Latrines.
LS
W
G. DIGBY BARKER,
Officer Administering the Government.
[24th June, 1891.]
HEREAS it is desirable to prevent the evils arising from the erection of Public Latrines in places where they are not required or are objectionable and likely to become a nuisance. Be it therefore 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 Latrine Ordi- nance, 1891.
2. The words "Public Latrine" in this Ordinance shall mean and include any latrine to which the public are admitted on payment or otherwise.
3. No Public Latrine shall be erected until the pre- vious sanction of the Sanitary Board in writing has been obtained.
4. The Sanitary Board shall not incur any legal liability in respect of having granted such sanction, nor shall such sanction protect the owner of any Public Latrine from any liability to an injunction or other legal proceedings should the latrine be at any time so conducted as to become a nuisance, or its erection be contrary to agreement or be otherwise wrongful.
5. The Sanitary Board shall have powers to make and when made to alter, amend or revoke, bye-laws with regard to the erection of Public Latrines and to applications for permission to erect such latrines.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 19th day of June, 1891.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 24th day of June, 1891.
2 W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 12 of 1891.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to further amend The Public Health Ordinance, 1887.
LS
G. DIGBY BARKER,
Repeal.
Section
substitured for Sec. 64 of
No. 21 of 1887,
B
Officer Administering the Government.
[24th June, 1891.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,
as follows:-
1. Section 64 and sub-section 18 of section 13 of Ordi- nance No. 24 of 1887 are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done thereunder.
2. In lien of the said section 64 shall be inserted and substituted the words following, that is to say --
No person shall construct, except in a hospital, any water closet or urinal having any communication with any public sewer or private drain, without the permission of the Sanitary Board, and any existing water closets or urinals so communicating shall be removed by the owner upon his being required by the Board to effect such removal.