DROIT
HONGKONG ,
ANNO NONO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 14 of 1845.
Y His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Baronet, Governor
BY and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its
Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superinten-
dent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of
the Legislative Council of Hongkong .
Title.
An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 5 of 1844, entitled, “ An
Ordinance for the Preservation of Good Order and Cleanliness within
the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, " and to make other
Provisions in lieu thereof.
[26th December, 1845. ]
Preamble.
WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal Ordinance No. 5 of 1844,
entitled An Ordinance for the Preservation of Good Order and
Cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and
to make other Provisions in lieu thereof:
I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Ordinance No. 5 of
Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council 1844 repealed.
thereof, That from and after the Passing of this Ordinance the said
recited Ordinance shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
II. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every Person Prohibiting Nuisan-
shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, who, within ces in Thoroughfares
the Colony of Hongkong, shall in any Thoroughfare or Public Place,
or adjacent thereto, commit any of the following Offences ; that is to
say :
1. Every Person who shall throw or lay, or cause, or
knowingly permit to be thrown or laid, any Carrion, Dirt, Soil,
Straw, or Dung, or any other Filth, Rubbish, or Noisome or
Offensive Matter whatsoever, on any of the Roads, Streets, Ways,
or Public Passages, or into any Well, Stream, or Watercourse,
Ford, or Reservoir for Water, any of the Drains or Sewers made
or