CAP. 97]
Business hours.
Restricted
use of market
New Territories.
126. All markets shall be open to the public between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
127. No person shall make use of any avenue or thoroughfare of any market for the conveyance of merchandise not intended for sale or exposure for sale in the market.
Hawking forbidden.
Dogs not allowed in market.
Cleaving of carcasses.
Cleanliness of stall.
Garbage prohibited.
Provision of dust-bins,
Dumping of garbage forbidden.
Sleeping forbidden.
Behaviour of stallholder or his agent.
128. No person shall hawk or cry any article whatever for sale in any market.
129. No stallholder shall keep any dog in a market nor shall any person knowingly permit any to follow him into a market.
130. No person shall cleave any carcass or part of any carcass elsewhere than upon a cleaving block or chopping board or hooks provided for the purpose.
131. Every stallholder shall cause his stall, including cleaving blocks, chopping boards, and other implements and utensils used in connexion with the business to be thoroughly cleansed at least once daily and in the case of fishmongers at least twice daily, or as often as shall be necessary to maintain them in a cleanly condition at all times. He shall be responsible for maintaining the avenue or passage-way in front of his stall in a cleanly condition at all times.
132. No stallholder shall suffer any garbage or refuse to remain on or be under or about his stall.
133. Every stallholder shall, if required to do so, provide a sanitary dust-bin of approved pattern.
134. No person shall throw any garbage or refuse on to any market avenue or thoroughfare.
135. No person shall sleep in any market.
136. No stallholder or agent for a stallholder shall act in any way prejudicial to the good order and cleanliness of any market.
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