ORDINANCES Nos. 17 AND 18 OF 1883.
Piers and Wharves.
Tramways.
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extended for any further term or terms not exceeding ten years at a time, and thereupon this Ordinance shall continue in force for such extended period.
20. This Ordinance shall come into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor.
[In force from the 1st January, 1884, under proclamation of the 29th December, 1883. Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
Commencement of Ordinance.
No. 18 of 1883.
An Ordinance for amending the Tramways Ordinance 1883.
[28th December, 1883.]
WHEREAS a doubt has arisen as to the powers conferred upon the promoters for the purposes of the Tramways Ordinance 1883, under section 4 of the said Ordinance, and it is desirable to remove such doubt; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Tramways Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1883.
Short title.
2. The Tramways Ordinance 1883 is hereby amended by repealing section 4 of the Tramways Ordinance 1883 and re-enactment.
"4. The promoters may, with the assent and approval of the Governor in Council, grant the right to construct and maintain any one or more of the tramways hereby authorized to be made, and all or any of the privileges hereby conferred, without receiving any valuable consideration therefor, or for any consideration that the promoters may think fit to accept, to such persons, or person, corporation, or company, and with, under, and subject to such terms and conditions in all respects as the promoters shall think fit, and may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, upon failure of any of the terms and conditions contained in the original, or any subsequent grant, if thereunto authorized by the terms of such original, or subsequent grant, revoke the same, and regrant all, or any such rights and privileges, and so much of any tramway as may be constructed, upon such terms and conditions as to them shall seem fit; and all and every the assignees or assignee for the time being from the promoters, whether a corporate body or not, are and is hereinafter included in the expression, and referred to as the company."
3. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the 1st day of January, 1884.
Commencement of Ordinance.