2188 ORDINANCE No. 24 OF 1887 .
Public Health.
the ordinary surface of the ground to the uppermost side of the corpse or
coffin therein deposited , shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum
not exceeding fifty dollars.
Closing of 27. The Governor in Council is authorised from time to time to notify by
Chinese
cemeteries.
advertisement in the Hongkong Government Gazette, that any Chinese cemetery or
burial ground shall, from a time in such notification to be specified , be closed , and the
same shall be closed accordingly ; and whosoever, after the expiration of the said
specified time , shall bury any corpse in the said cemetery or burial ground shall , for
every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. [ Repealed
by Ord. No. 4 of 1890, and new section substituted. ]
Burialelsewhere. 23. Whosoever shall bury any corpse or coffin in any ground not being a cemetery
or burial ground authorised under this or any other Ordinance, shall (except in cases
provided for by section 27 of this Ordinance) for every such offence forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. [ Repealed by Ord. No. 4 of 1890, and new
section substituted . ]
Removal of
infected 29. Where any person is suffering from small-pox cr any other
persons. contagious or infectious disease, and is without proper lodging or accom
modation , or is lodged in a tenement occupied by more than one family,
or is on board any ship or vessel , a Magistrate may, on the certificate of
the Colonial Surgeon or any other duly qualified medical practitioner,
order the removal of such person to such suitable hospital or other like
place as may be provided for the purpose.
Keeping pigs. 30. The keeping of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats without a licence
&e.
from the Board is hereby prohibited , and any person keeping such animals,
either without a licence from the Board, or in a manner contravening such
sanitary conditions as may be endorsed on such licence , shall be liable,
on conviction before a Magistrate , to a fine not exceeding five dollars,
and , in default of payment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
fourteen days, and, in the discretion of the Magistrate, to forfeit all
animals in respect of the keeping of which he has so offended.
PART II .
Proclamation 31. Whenever any part ofthe Colony appears to be threatened with,
of epidemic
disease. or is affected by any formidable epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease ,
the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council , may, by proclama
tion from time to time, direct that the provisions contained in sections 32
to 37 of this Ordinance, both inclusive be put in force in the Colony, or
such part thereof, as by such proclamation may be specified, and may