ORDINANCE No. 12 of 1856.
Chinese Burials and Nuisances.
10. All summary proceedings under this Ordinance, or the said enumerated Ordinances, (except proceedings under Ordinance No. 8 of 1856, sections 2 to 9, both inclusive) may be had upon the information of any complainant: But the disposal of materials of nuisances, of building materials, and of utensils under sections 17 and 19 of the last mentioned Ordinance, shall be at the absolute discretion of the Surveyor General.
11. The Court, or Justices before whom any proceedings whatsoever shall be had under this Ordinance or the said enumerated Ordinances, may award costs and expenses to be paid by any offender upon conviction, and to enforce payment thereof by any of the ways and means prescribed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1856 in respect of penalties.
12. All nuisances prohibited by the laws for the time being in force within England, are equally prohibited within this Colony, and may be abated and punished according to the provisions of this Ordinance and the said enumerated Ordinances; but notwithstanding this or any other Ordinance against nuisances now in force or hereafter to come in force, all remedies compatible therewith for the prevention, abatement, or punishment of, or the compensation for, nuisances which are or shall be at any time in force within England, shall, until express provision be made to the contrary, extend to and be enforced within this Colony likewise. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 24 of 1887.]
13. Such of the orders and regulations of the General Board of Health established in London under authority of the Acts of Parliament for the protection of the public health, or any of them, as shall be from time to time by the Governor in Executive Council determined and notified, with such modifications thereof respectively as His Excellency in Council shall think fit to adopt, shall for such time and to such extent or with such modifications as shall be so notified, extend to and be enforced within this Colony under the authority of this Ordinance. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 24 of 1887.]
14. Nothing contained in this Ordinance, or in any of the ordinances therewith incorporated, shall operate to the restraint or punishment of any act or thing done under lawful authority or sanctioned by the same, yet so as that in every case the proof of such lawful authority shall lie upon the person alleging the same.
NOTE. For Government Notifications concerning Chinese burial grounds, see those printed at foot of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887.
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Except in works, &c., case of illegal any complainant may be heard.
Costs may be given.
English law of nuisances to come in force within this Colony.
Orders, &c., of the Board of Health.
Saving as to acts done or sanctioned by lawful authority.