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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong, ..15th December, 1933.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.
26...of 1933.
When indictable
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1.
1 have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to amend further the Summary Offences
Ordinance, 1932, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance
is one which is not contrary to the Governor's in-
structions.
2.
The use of modern methods of sound reproduction
and amplification has become increasingly common as a
means of advertisement among shopkeepers and others who
broadcast popular programmes, encomiums of their wares
and other matter to the public in the streets from loud-
Speakers installed in their shops and houses. The
result of this indiscriminate broadcasting has been an
increase in noise and obstruction in public places,
constituting an indictable nuisance for which this Or-
dinance provides a simple remedy. A provision directed
against a similar form of nuisance is contained in the
Straits Settlements Minor Offences (Amendment No.2) Or-
dinance, 1933, published in the Straits Gazette of 25th
August, 1933.