THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND JUNE, 1888.
PART VI.
76. All reasonable expenses incurred by the Board. in consequence of any default in complying with any Order or Notice issued under the provisions of this Ordi- nance shall be deemed to be money paid for the use and at the requirement of the person on whom the said Order or Notice was made, and shall be recoverable from the said person in the ordinary course of law at the suit of the Secretary to the Board duly authorised by the said Board.
77. The provisions of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875, shall apply to the recovery of all such expenses, and the certificate required by that Ordinance shall be signed by the Secretary.
78. Whoever assaults, obstructs, molests, or hinders any Member or Officer of the Board in the execution of the duties or exercise of the powers imposed or conferred upon him by this Ordinance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding three months.
79. Every Notice issued by the Board shall be in the form contained in Schedule B to this Ordinance.
80. Every such Notice or Order may be served by any Officer or Servant of the Board by delivering the same to or at the residence of the person to whom it is addressed, and when addressed to the owner of any premises it may, if such owner cannot be found, be served by delivering the same to some person upon such premises, or if there be no person upon such premises who can be so served, by affixing the same to some conspicuous part of the premises.
81. Any person in whose possession there shall be found any food liable to seizure under Section 25 of this Ordi- nance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding One hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding three months.
82. Any person or persons who shall, in making appli- cation for registration or licensing of a Common Lodging- House, knowingly make any false statements regarding any of the particulars required to be stated in such applica- tion, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
83. Any person who shall contravene any provision of this Ordinance or of any Bye-law made thereunder for which no special penalty is provided shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, or, in default of pay- ment, imprisonment not exceeding three months.
84. All penalties imposed by this Ordinance or by any Bye-Laws thereunder may be recovered in a summary manner before a Magistrate at the suit of the Secretary.
85. Where proceedings under this Ordinance are com- petent against several persons in respect of the joint act or default of such persons, it shall be sufficient to proceed against one or more of them without proceeding against the others.
86. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Officer Administering the Government notifies by proclamation that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same, and thereafter it shall come into opera- tion upon such day as the Officer Administering the Govern- ment shall notify by the same or any other proclamation.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23rd day of September, 1887.
Reimburse- ment of expenses to the Board.
Recovery of expenses.
Assaulting Member or Officer of the Board.
Schedule B.
Manner of serving Noticos.
l'enultice.
Du.
Do.
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Proceding aguiust Beveral persons.
Suspending clause.
J. M. GUTIERREZ,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 30th day of May, 1888.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Colonial Secretary.
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