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No. 20 of 1919.

RICE.

Saving of hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, and any rice in connexion with which any such offence has been committed shall be forfeited.

12. All powers given by this Ordinance shall be in addition to other powers, and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by or under any enactment, and all such powers may be exercised in the same manner and by the same authority as if this Ordinance had not been made.

Power to suspend or revive operation of Ordinance or part thereof.

13. It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council from time to time and as often as occasion may require, to pass a resolution suspending the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof either for a definite period or until the Legislative Council makes a further resolution reviving the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof.

No. 21 of 1919, repealed by No. 5 of 1924.

[Originally No. 22 of 1919.

No. 18 of 1929.

No. 24 of 1930.

No. 25 of 1937.

Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]

Short title.

Interpretation. [cf. No. 25 of 1933, s. 2 (b).]

No. 22 of 1919.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to places of public entertainment.

[31st October, 1919.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919.

2. In this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder,

(a) "Entertainment" includes any concert, stage play, stage performance, cinematograph display, exhibition of dancing,

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.

+ The provisions of the Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Ordinance, 1923, do not apply to premises licensed under this Ordinance: see No. 23 of 1923, s. 5.

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