BUILDINGS . [ 15 OF 1889. ] 1121
4. Any contract, made before the passing of this ordinance, Contracts.
for the erection of any building which shall not have been
carried higher than the footings at the time of the passing of
this ordinance, shall be carried into effect in the same manner
as if this ordinance had been passed at the time of the making
thereof, and the necessary deviations from the terms of such
contract may be made accordingly : provided that the extra
cost ( if any ) of such necessary deviations shall be borne by the
party to such contract for whom the building is erected who
may nevertheless in lieu thereof within ten days after the passing
of this ordinance cancel such contracts upon paying to the
other party, the value of the work aud labor done and materials
supplied thereunder. Whenever any building -contract shall
be so cancelled, every sub - contract shall also be thereby can
celled upon the same terms .
5. The provisions of this ordinance with reference to the Government
rules for the construction of buildings shall vot apply to build- buildings,.
ings belonging to the Colonial Government, or to buildinys
upon any land vested in any person on behalf of the Naval or
Military Departments of Her Majesty's Service, but all the
provisions in relation to inflammable structures, to boardings,
and scaffoldings, and verandahs shall apply without exception
to all buildings throughout the Colony .
6. Nothing herein contained shall vary or affect the rights liabilities
Rights or
or liabilities as between landlord and tenant under any contract between
between them . landlord and
tenant,
7. In the construction of this ordinance ( if not inconsistent Definitions.
with the context) the words and expressions in italics shall
have and include the respective meanings hereinafter assigned
to them , that is to say :
1. Building. – Any domestic building, house, verandah ,
cook -house, privy, gallery, chimney, bridge , out-house,
stable , shed, mat-shed, warehouse, manufactory, shop,
work -room , distillery, or place of secure stowage, or
any alteration to the same involving new foundations.
2. City of Victoria . — The districts specified in the regula
tion of Chinese Ordinance, 1888 .
3. Cross Wall. Any wall of brick or stone used or built in 1891.
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order to be usedas a separation of one part of any build
ing from another part, which shall include the yards of
such building, of the same building, such parts being
accessible through a common entrance.
4. Domestic Building . - Any human habitation or building
where persons pass the night.