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Definition of
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901,
(2.) The floor of every such area shall have a fall, from the external wall of such building towards the face of the hill-side, of at least half an inch to the foot.
Overcrowding.
75. Every domestic building and any part thereof which is found to be overcrowded, inhabited in excess of a proportion of one adult for every thirty square feet of habitable floor space or superficial area and four hundred cubic feet of clear and unobstructed internal air space shall be deemed to be in an overcrowded condition.
Prohibition of
76.-(1.) It shall not be lawful for any householder or tenant to let, overcrowding, or sub-let, or allow to be used for occupation any domestic building or any part thereof to or by so large a number of persons as to cause the same to be in an overcrowded condition.
Proceedings to be taken for
(2.) The householder or tenant (together with his family, if any), if resident in any such domestic building, shall be counted in ascertaining whether such building or any part thereof is in an overcrowded condition.
(3.) Where any domestic building or any part thereof is ascertained to be in an overcrowded condition between the hours of eleven o'clock at night and five o'clock on the following morning, such overcrowding shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence that such building or part thereof was let or sub-let in contravention of this section.
77.-(1.) If any tenement-house or other domestic building, or any portion thereof, is found to be in an overcrowded condition, the Board shall, by a written notice, require the tenant of the same, or any portion thereof, and also, if necessary, the householder, to abate such overcrowding, within a period of one week; and such notice shall specify the cubic capacity available for habitation in such tenement-house or other domestic building, and the number of persons which may be legally accommodated therein.
(2.) If the notice is not obeyed, it shall be lawful for the Board to apply to a Magistrate, who, on sufficient cause shown, shall summon before him the tenant or occupier of such dwelling house or such householder.
(3.) If the person summoned admits, or if it is proved, to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, that the said house is overcrowded, the Magistrate shall make an order for the abatement of the nuisance forthwith, and may inflict a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(4.) On the hearing of the matter, the Magistrate may make such order for the inspection, at any hour of the night or day, of the said house as the circumstances of the case may require, and such order shall continue in force for a period not exceeding one month.