REGULATION OF CHINESE.
No. 3 of 1888.
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musical instrument or beat any drum or gong in connexion with any religious ceremony (except a funeral or marriage) or with any annual or other festival.
(2) No person shall, within the City of Victoria, play the Chinese reed pipe (except in connexion with a funeral or marriage), or beat any drum or gong within any premises, or knowingly suffer or allow any such instrument to be played or beaten upon his premises between the hours of 1 p.m. and 6 a.m.
to processions.
23.-(1) Except as by this Ordinance provided, no person shall organise, equip, or take part in any procession, with or without music, in any public street or road in the City of Victoria.
(2) This section shall not apply to any funeral or marriage procession, whether with or without music, except in cases where the Governor may so direct.
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of erection of
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24.-(1) Except as by this Ordinance provided, no person shall, in the City of Victoria, or in any village of the Colony, or nearer to any building than 100 yards, erect any inflammable structure, awning, or decoration in connexion with any religious or other festival or ceremony, or with any exhibition connected with any such festival or ceremony.
(2) This section shall not apply to any scaffolding of wood or bamboo necessary for the removal of a dead body, if such scaffolding is removed within 48 hours from the time of its erection.
to fireworks.
25. Except as by this Ordinance provided, no person shall discharge, kindle, or let off any firework in the City of Victoria, or within 300 feet of the praya wall, or attempt to do so.
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to Chinese theatricals.
26. No person shall advertise, notify, or carry on any Chinese theatrical performance of a public nature unless an abstract of the plot or nature of such performance has first been furnished to the Registrar General, who may issue a permit for such performance, without which permit no such performance shall be advertised, notified, or carried on.
etc.
27. (1) The Governor may authorise the issue of permits for-
(a) processions or music in the City of Victoria (other than funeral or marriage processions), at suitable hours and under suitable conditions;
*As amended by No. 62 of 1911.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.