Enclosure No. 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong..18.th..October...19230.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No....... 18............of 192 30.
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1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an Ordinance to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
2. The object of this Ordinance is to substitute for
section 121 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903,
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a section which
dealt with rules relating to soffits and the tread and rise of staircases a new section in which further rules, making for safety in cases of fire, are laid down for the construction of future stairways; and also to restore the Medical Officer of Health to his former position as a member of the Sanitary Board in place of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services who was appointed ex-officio to the Board last year the better to enable him to make a study of
its workings.
3. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of
His Majesty and on His behalf.
Attorney General.