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Evidence of
of officer.
Power of Medical Officer of
Health, etc., to enter and inspect premises with notice.
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901
(2.) The Governor may also appoint such servants as the Board from time to time recommend.
(3.) There shall be paid from the Colonial Treasury to such officers and servants such salaries and allowances as the Governor, with the consent of the Legislative Council, may from time to time determine.
(4.) Any person or persons appointed to act as Assistant Medical Officer of Health or as Assistant Secretary may be authorized by the Board, or by the President or Vice-President of the Board, to perform all or any of the duties of the Medical Officer of Health or of the Secretary respectively, and all notices, certificates, or other instruments signed by such person or persons under the authority of the Board, its President or Vice-President, shall be deemed to have been duly signed by the order of the Board.
16. Notice in *The Gazette* of the appointment of any officer under this Ordinance shall be deemed sufficient evidence of such appointment.
17. The Medical Officer of Health and any Assistant Medical Officer of Health may, with or without assistants as he may deem desirable, at all times between the hours of six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, enter and inspect any house or premises for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition thereof or of ascertaining whether any infectious or contagious disease exists therein: Provided always that unless, in the opinion of such officer, any delay in entering and inspecting may, or is likely to, prove injurious or detrimental to public health, he shall in each case before entering and inspecting, if the occupiers offer any reasonable objection thereto, give to the occupiers two hours' notice in writing of his intention to enter and inspect such premises by leaving such notice with the occupants or at the house or premises which he intends to enter and inspect. In the case of Chinese occupants, such notice shall be in the Chinese character.
Power of Medical Officer of
Health, etc., to enter and
18. The Medical Officer of Health and any Assistant Medical Officer of Health may also enter and inspect any house or premises at any hour of the night or day for the purposes mentioned in the last preceding section without giving any such notice as aforesaid, provided the officer has obtained or holds a special order in that behalf signed by the Colonial Secretary or the President of the Board.
inspect premises without
notice.
General power of
officers to inspect buildings.
19. The Board shall have power by its officers to enter and inspect, upon reasonable notice to the owners or occupiers, any building and curtilage for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition, cleanliness, and good order thereof or of any part thereof, and of the partitions, mezzanine floors, stories, and cocklofts therein, and of any drains therein or in connexion therewith.