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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1920.
HONGKONG.
LS
No. 9 or 1920.
Tassent to this Ordinance.
R. E. STUBBS,
Gurerwor.
Short title and con- struction.
Addition of
25th June, 1920.
An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and
Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
[25th June, 1920.]
BE it 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 Public Healdı and Buildings Ordinance, 1920, and shall be read and construed as one with the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, hereinafter called the principal Ordi- nance, and the said Ordinance and this Ordinance may be cited together as the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances, 1903 and 1920.
2. The following sections are added to the principal new sections Ordinance immediately after section 116 thereof :- to the
principal
Ordinance.
Height of 116A.--(1.) In this section
storeys
in certain
buildings.
"Storey" means the space between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, or, if there be no such upper floor, the space between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the roof, but does not include any space which is provided solely for the purpose of ven- tilation and which is not used or adapted to be used for human habitation; and Semi-detached has the same meaning
as in section 179 of this Ordinance. (2.) This section shall apply only to domestic buildings erected after the cominence- ment of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1920.
(3.) Subject to sub-sections (4), (5) and (6) of this section, the lowest storey which is used or adapted to be used for human habitation shall contain a clear space of at least twelve feet measured vertically, and every upper storey shall contain a clear space of at least eleven feet mea- sured vertically.
(4.) In detached and semi-detached buildings, and in any building exempted by the Building Authority from the provisions of sub-section (3) of this section, every storey shall, subject to sub-sections (5) and (6) of this section, contain a clear space of at least ten feet measured ver- tically.
(5) Caretakers' quarters, servants' quarters, kitchens and pantries may be con- structed so as to contain a clear space of only nine feet measured vertically.
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