TRAMWAY.
No. 10 of 1902.
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No. 10 of 1902.
An Ordinance for authorising the construction of a tramway.
[Originally No. 10 of 1902, No. 17 of 1913, No. 34 of 1915.
[14th May, 1902.]
WHEREAS it is desirable to authorise the construction of a tramway within the Colony of Hongkong:-
[Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Tramway Ordinance, 1902.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Car" includes all cars and trucks used upon the tramway.
(b) "The company" means the Hongkong Tramway Company, Limited.
(c) "The court" means the Supreme Court.
(d) "Department" includes the War Department, the Admiralty, and the Hongkong Government.
(e) "The Government" means the Governor acting on behalf of His Majesty or his assigns, or on behalf of the Government of the Colony.
(f) "Road" means any roadway over which the tramway shall pass, and the roadway of any bridge forming part of or leading to the same.
(g) "Section" means a section (as hereinafter described) of the tramway.
(h) "Special case" means a special case stated for the opinion of the court under the provisions of any Ordinance relating to Civil Procedure.
(i) "The works", or "the undertaking", mean the works or undertaking of whatever nature herein authorised to be executed.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. The powers conferred upon the Governor by the Praya East Reclamation Ordinance, No.17 of 1921, are not limited in any way by this Ordinance, and the rights and powers given by this Ordinance are not affected by the fact that the route etc. of the tramway may be altered by the Reclamation. See No.17 of 1921, s. 16.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.