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Company to make rules
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It shall be lawful for the Company and its assigns from time to time to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the use and maintenance of the said tramways: Provided always that no rules and regulations, nor any repeal or variation thereof, shall come into force until the same have been approved by the Governor-in-Council and have been published in The Gazette.
18. Every person who commits a breach of any of the rules and regulations made in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
In all proceedings before any Court, the rules and regulations in force for the time being under this Ordinance shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a copy of The Gazette in which the same are published and contained.
20. If the Company or its assigns fails or fail to make or vary such rules and regulations as, in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council, are requisite for the protection of the rights of the inhabitants of the Colony or for the public safety, the Governor-in-Council may make an order, to be served on the Company or its assigns, limiting a time for the making or varying of such rules and regulations, and if such rules and regulations are not made or varied by the time prescribed in such order, the Governor-in-Council may make or vary such rules and regulations, which, when made or varied and published in The Gazette, shall have the same force and effect as if they were specially enacted herein.
Power to Council to make rules and regulations in certain events.
Governor-in-Council to make rules and regulations.
21. The Company and its assigns shall from time to time cause to be painted on boards, or to be printed and attached in large and legible characters, in English and Chinese, a statement of the rules and regulations in force, and shall cause such boards containing such statement to be fixed on some conspicuous part of its or their premises.
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1897.
ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Construction of Ordinances, to further shorten the Language used in Ordinances, and for other like purposes.
[18th November, 1897.]
It is enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
A.D. 1897 Ordinance No. 24 of 1897
This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance, 1897.
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