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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2nd JUNE, 1888.
Overcrowding.
300 cubic feet, of space to be given cach inuate of houses.
Inspection
of Connon
Lolging-
fonses.
38 & 39 V. c. 55 See. 86.
Stops to be taken to abate overcrowding.
Magistrate may make order.
Inspection.
Common kitchen not to be used a sleeping
roous.
Children of ten years.
Lodging- Houses
Domestic buildings.
Punishments.
PART V.
67. Every domestic building or portion thereof found to be inhabited in excess of a proportion of one adult to every three hundred cubic feet of clear internal space, shall be considered to be in an overcrowded condition, and shall be deemed a Nuisance. This Section shall apply only to such districts, or portions of districts, as may, from time to time, be designated by an Order of the Governor in Council.
68. It shall not be lawful for any householder or tenant to let or sub-let, for occupation, any Tenement-IIouse or any floor, compartment or portion thereof to so large a number of persons, or families, as shall leave less than three hundred cubic feet of clear space for every adult inmate of such Tene- ment-House, or portion thereof, including the family of such householder or tenant if resident on the premises, and the presence of any number of persons in excess of this proportion, between the hours of 11 P.M. and 4 A.M., shall be taken as prima facie evidence that such Tenement- House, floor, compartment, or portion thereof, has been let in contravention of this section.
69. The keeper of a Common Lodging-House, and every other person acting in the care or management thereof, shall, at all times, when required by any officer of the Sanitary Board, give him free access to such house, or any part there- of, and any such keeper, or person, who refuses such access shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dol- lars.
70. If any tenement-house, or domestic building, or portion thereof, shall be found to be in an overcrowded condition, the Board shall, by a written notice, require the tenant of the same, or any portion thereof, and also, if necessary, the house- holder, to abate such overcrowding, within a period of onc calendar month; such notice shall specify the cubic capacity available for habitation in such Tenement-House, or other domestic building, and the number of persons which may be legally accommodated therein. If the said notice be not obeyed, it shall be lawful for the said Board to apply to a Magistrate, who, on sufficient cause shewn, shall summon before him the tenant or occupier of such dwelling house, or such householder.
If the person summoned admits, or if it be proved to the satisfaction of the said Magistrate that the said house is overcrowded, the Magistrate shall make an order for the abatement of the nuisance forthwith.
On the hearing of the said matter, the Magistrate may inake such order for the inspection, at any hour of the night or day, of the said house, as the circumstances of the case may require. Such order to continue in force for a period not exceeding one month,
71. Any room of a Tenement-House used as a common kitchen, shall not be used as a sleeping room, and the house- holder, or tenant thereof, shall be responsible that such common kitchen is not so used, nor shall any passage, lobby, or other place, partitioned off from any sleeping room to the height of the ceiling, be included in the calculation of the cubic capacity available for human habitation.
72. In the calculation of cubic space, for the purposes of the four preceding Sections, two children ten years, or under ten years of age, shall be counted as one person, and every person over ten years of age shall be considered as an adult.
73. No person shall open, or keep open, a Common Lodging-House, unless the house is registered, and the keeper thereof is licensed by the Registrar General.
74. No person who shall erect a domestic building shall allow the same or any portion thereof to be occupied, until such building shall have been previously examined by an Officer of the Board, duly authorised by the Board, and certified by such officer as having been built in com- pliance with the entire provisions of this Ordinance.
75. Any person who shall not comply with the require- ments of Sections 67, 68. 70, and 71 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, or, in default of pay- ment, to imprisonment not exceeding one month.
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