1964 Ed.]
Hotel Proprietors.
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on demand pay to the guest depositing or leaving such property the surplus, if any, remaining after such sale;
(c) that the debt for the payment of which a sale is made shall not be any other or greater debt than the debt for which the property could have been retained by the proprietor as an innkeeper under his lien;
(d) that, in the case of perishable property, as soon as conveniently may be either before or after such sale, and in the case of other property at least one month before any such sale, the proprietor shall cause to be inserted in a newspaper circulating in the Colony an advertisement containing a notice of such sale or intended sale and giving shortly a description of the property sold or intended to be sold together with the name of the guest where known who deposited or left it.
SCHEDULE.
NOTICE.
Loss of or Damage to Guests' Property.
[s. 4.]
The liability under the Hotel Proprietors Ordinance, Cap. 158, of a hotel proprietor to make good loss or damage to a guest's property-
(a) extends only to the property of guests who have engaged sleeping accommodation at the hotel;
(b) is limited to DOLLARS ONE THOUSAND ($1,000.00) for any one article and a total of DOLLARS TWO THOUSAND ($2,000.00) in the case of any one guest, except-
(i) in the case of property which has been deposited for safe custody in which case such liability is limited to the declared value of the property; or
(ii) in the case of property, the declared value of which does not exceed DOLLARS TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00), which has been offered for deposit;
(c) does not cover motor-cars or other vehicles of any kind or any property left in them.
This notice does not constitute an admission either that the Ordinance applies to this hotel or that liability thereunder attaches to the proprietor of this hotel in any particular case.
關於旅客財物之遺失或損壞事
根據本港法例第一五八章酒店東主條例所載，酒店東主對賠償旅客財物遺失或損壞之責任規定如下：
(甲) 限於在該酒店內住宿旅客之財物；
(乙) 對每一物件之賠償額最高以一千元為限；而對任何一位旅客之賠償總額則最高以二千元為限，惟下開情形則不在此限——
(一) 對於業經存放作安全保管之財物，則此項責任，以存放該財物時所報稱之價值為限；或
(二) 對於經已提請存放之財物而所報稱價值係不超過一萬元者；
(丙) 並不包括汽車或任何種類之其他車輛或遺留在其內之任何財物。
本佈告並非謂在某種情形之下，上述條例之規定及責任盡皆適用於本酒店或酒店之東主。