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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 27, 1921.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 239.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 6 of the Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919, Ordinance No. 22 of 1919, this 26th day of May, 1921.
The Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 6 of the Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919, on the 6th day of November, 1919, and published in the Gazette on the 7th day of November, 1919, as Government Noti- fication No. 518 as amended by the Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the said Ordinance on the 19th day of February, 1920, and published in the Gazette on the said 19th day of February, 1920, as Government Notification No. 97 and as further amended by the Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 20th day of January, 1921, and published in the Gazette on the 21st day of January, 1921, as Govern- ment Notification No. 21 are amended as follows:
1. In Part I in the heading by inserting between the words "other than" and "matsheds" the following words "those in the New Territories excluding New Kowloon and".
2. In Part II in the heading by inserting between the words "matsheds" and
"for" the following words "other than those in the
other than those in the New Territories excluding New Kowloon".
3. By adding after Regulation 61 of the said regulations the following:-
PART IV.
Regulations concerning Places of Public Entertainment in the New Territories excluding New Kowloon.
62. Any person who desires to use any building or place for a Public Entertain- ment shall send an application in writing to the District Officer of the district in which such building or place is situate which application shall contain the following informa- tion:---
(a.) The names descriptions and addresses of the person or persons making the
application.
(b.) The character of the entertainment for which such premises are proposed to be used and the locality of such premises and the general nature of the building or place proposed to be used.
The District Officer of the district concerned shall, if he approves of the application, issue a licence for the use of such building or place for the entertainment specified in the application subject to such conditions as he may deem fit concerning the construction of the building, the provision of fire appliances and any other matters whatsoever.
No fee shall be payable for any such licence.
63. The District Officer of the district may during the currency of any licence impose any further conditions he may consider necessary or may amend any existing conditions and such further conditious or amended conditions together with the original conditions shall as from the date when the further conditions were imposed or the original conditions amended be deemed to be the conditions of the licence.
64. No boxing contest and no entertainment other than that mentioned in any licence shall be held in any building or place licensed for a public entertainment in the New Territories other than New Kowloon without the special permission of the District Officer of the district concerned endorsed on such licence.
This regulation shall be deemed to be a condition of every licence for a public entertainment issued by a District Officer.
65. Any person holding a licence under these regulations who fails to comply with any conditions of his licence or with any of the provisions of these regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.