No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1845.
14. Case of watchman making noise by direction of proprietor of dwelling-house, etc.
investigation and proof of the person having offended against the provisions aforesaid, to proceed against and in a summary manner to fine the person so offending in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
14. If, on any such investigation or proof as aforesaid, it appears to such Magistrate that the person so offending acted as watchman or servant of the proprietor or occupier of any dwelling-house, warehouse, or other out-house, office, or premises, or of the inhabitant or person in charge thereof, or by or with the direction, knowledge, sanction, sufferance, or permission of such proprietor or occupier or of such inhabitant or person in charge as aforesaid, then and in such case it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to dismiss the charge as against the watchman or servant or person acting as such so offending as aforesaid and to summon or cause to be summoned forthwith before him the proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge thereof as aforesaid, having so directed, sanctioned, suffered, or permitted the making such noise as aforesaid, and, on due investigation and proof that any such proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge as aforesaid, directed, sanctioned, suffered, or permitted the making of the said noise so made by the watchman or servant or person acting as such as aforesaid, then it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to fine such proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge as aforesaid, in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
15. When and so often as any such noise as aforesaid is made in or upon any dwelling-house or premises, if it is impracticable or difficult to apprehend, discover, or identify the person so making such noise as aforesaid, then and in such case it shall be lawful for such Magistrate, on information thereof, to summon before him the proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge, of such dwelling-house or premises, and if it appears, on due investigation and proof, that such noise as aforesaid was made in or upon the said dwelling-house or premises by the direction or with the knowledge, sanction, sufferance, or permission of the proprietor, occupier, inhabitant, or person in charge thereof, to impose on him such and the like penalty as is mentioned in the last preceding section.
16. (1) It shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to destroy any dog or other animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state, or which has been bitten by any dog or animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state.
(2) The owner of any such dog or animal who permits the same to go at large, after having information or reasonable ground for believing it to be in a rabid state, or to have been bitten by a dog or other animal in a rabid state, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.