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Section 8. Authorises the Governor-in-Council to make regulations in the interest of sanitation and cleanliness prohibiting spitting in public places.

Section 9. The term "street" in the Gambling Ordinance 1891 is extended so as to include a wharf, pier, park, recreation ground, or other open space.

Section 10. Chinese District Watchmen are not, in the view of the Magisterial Court, "Public Servants" within the meaning of the Misdemeanours Punishment Ordinance 1898, and consequently not amenable to bribery under that Ordinance. The section places them within such category.

Section 11. This affords "Forest Officers" similar protection to that granted to Police Constables.

Wheeler James
Attorney General.

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