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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JUNE, 1886.
Music.
Drums and
gongs.
Processions.
Sheds, &c.
Firoworks.
Theatricals.
Permits.
Une person to
be named.
LS W. H. MARSH.
No. 9 of 1886.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof entitled, The Religious Ceremonies and Festivals Ordinance, 1886.
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[14th April, 1886.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall, in or upon any public street or road within the City of Victoria play any musical instrument, or beat any drum or gong in connection with any religions ceremony (except a funeral or marriage) or with any ammal or other festival.
2. No person shall, within the City of Victoria, beat any drum or gong within any dwelling house, or knowingly suffer or allow any drum or gong to be beaten upon his premises between the hours of 11 P.M. and 6 a.m.
3. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall organise, equip, or take part in any procession in or upon any public street or road in the City of Victoria with or without music. Provided always that this section shall not apply to any funeral or marriage procession, whether with music or without, except in eases where the Governor may so direct.
4. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall, in the City of Victoria or in any village of the colony, or nearer to any building than 100 yards, erect any inflammable structure, awning, or decoration in connection with any religious or other festival or ceremony, or with any exhibition connected with any such ceremony or festival. Provided always that this section shall not apply to any scaffolding of wood or bamboo necessary for the removal of a dead body, if such scaffolding be removed within forty-eight hours from the time of its erection.
5. Except as by this Ordinanec provided no person shall discharge, kindle, or let off any firework in the City of Victoria or attempt to do so.
6. No person shall advertise, notify, or carry on any Chinese theatrical performance of a public nature unless an abstract of the plot or nature of such performance shall first have been furnished to the Registrar General, who may in his discretion issue a permit for such performance, without which permit no such performance shall be notified or carried on.
7. The Governor may from time to time authorise the issue of permits for
(1.) Processions or music in the City of Victoria (other than funeral or marriage processions) at suitable hours and under suitable conditions.
(2.) The erection in the City of Victoria or in villages of cloth covered sheds or decorations in suitable places, with proper precautions for safety and for
the extinction of fire.
(3.) The discharge of fireworks in suitable places in
the City of Victoria or in villages.
(4.) Chinese public theatrical performances.
All such permits shall be issued in such manner and on such conditions as the Governor may direct, The Governor
may at any time cancel or withdraw any sneb permit.
8. Permits for Processions, Theatricals, and other such acts as are to be joined in by a number of persons shall be issued to one person only by name, the words and others being added after such person's name. The person so named shall be responsible for the due observance of all the conditions of the permit, and shall, if so required. furnish such security for the observance of such conditions as the Governor may direct.