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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH MARCH, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 77.
The subjoined amended Quarantine Regulations are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd March, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
ORDINANCE No. 9 of 1883.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1879, Amendment Ordinance, 1883.
BE
[20th July, 1883.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,
as follows:
1. Ordinance 8 of 1879 is hereby amended by striking out the words of Section 25 and substi- tuting in place thereof the words :—
"The Governor in Council may from time to time make, and when made, revoke, add to, or alter "such regulations as the Governor in Council may deem necessary for maintaining and enforcing an "effectual quarantine in the ports and waters of the Colony, and for the setting apart of suitable places in available situations for Quarantine Stations, and providing for the detention and seclusion in such places of persons arriving on board vessels subjected to quarantine."
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Any person offending against any such regulations shall be liable on summary conviction before a Police Magistrate to a penalty not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment with or without hard "labour for any term not exceeding 12 months, or at the discretion of the Police Magistrate to both penalty and imprisonment, and the Captain Superintendent of Police and any officers that he may appoint for the purpose of enforcing quarantine, shall have the same powers to prevent the commis- sion of breaches of such regulations, and to arrest, recapture, or detain offenders against them as may "be used by any person for the prevention of any felony, or the arrest, recapture, or detention of a "felon."
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2. Ordinance 16 of 1882 is hereby repealed, provided that such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinance, or anything done or suffered thereunder, or any liability or punishment in respect thereof.
Sec. 25 of Ordinance
8 of 1879 amended. Governor in Council may make Quaran- tine Regulations.
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Penalty for breach of Quarantine Regu- lations; and powers of Police to arrest,
&c.
Repeal.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Provisions of Section 1 of Ordinance 9 of 1883.
1. All previous regulations made under the Provisions of Section 1 of Ordinance 9 of 1883 are hereby revoked.
2. In these Regulations the term Health Officer means the Health Officer of the Port or any other Medical Officer duly authorized to act for, or assist him; the term Vessels includes Steamers, Sailing Vessels, Junks, and Lorchas, and British and Foreign Ships of War, as well as Merchant Vessels of all kinds; the term port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed means a port or place proclaimed to be such by order of the Governor in Council published in the Gazette from the date of such proclamation.
3. Every vessel arriving in the waters of this Colony
(a.) After a voyage of less than 3 days from any port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed at the time of such vessel's departure therefrom; or
(b.) Having at the time of arrival, or having had, during the voyage, any case of any
infectious or contagious disease on board; or
(c.) Having on board any passengers who are less than 3 days from any port or place where any infectious or contagious disease prevailed when such passengers departed therefrom,
shall immediately on entering the waters of the Colony fly the Quarantine Flag, and shall keep the same flying, and shall be deemed to be in quarantine until released therefrom by express written order of the Health Officer, who shall, in every case, board and examine all the passengers and crew of such
vessel.
The Quarantine Flag shall be a flag of yellow colour (letter Q in International Code of Signals) hoisted at the highest mast-head forward.
No such vessel shall enter the waters of the Colony before 6 A.M. or after 7 P.M.