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Market Stalls,
22. Market stalls shall be classified and set apart by the Council for the sale respectively of meat, game, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables and other perishable goods.
23. All market-stalls shall be numbered.
24. A register of all market stalls shall be kept by the Secretary of the Urban Council in the form A. in the Schedule to these by-laws. Every entry in such register shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein appearing. The person or persons whose name or names is or are entered in such register as the lessee is or are hereinafter referred as the stall-holder.
25. No stall-holder shall use such stall for any other purpose than that for which it is let.
26. Every stall-holder, who absents himself from the Colony for a period exceeding a month, shall notify such fact to the Secretary of the Council and report to him the name of the agent responsible for his stall during his absence.
27. Every occupied stall shall have a signboard in front showing in full, both in English and Chinese, the name or names of the stall-holder or holders and his or their photograph or photographs shall be affixed thereto. All photographs shall be renewed from time to time as the Board may direct.
28. No signboard or blind of any market stall shall be so arranged as to obstruct any thoroughfare in such market and no stall-holder shall place or store any goods outside such market stall or allow them to project beyond it.
29. Every stall-holder shall cause his stall to be properly cleansed as often as may be necessary to maintain such stall in a sanitary condition.
30. Every dealer in flesh meat shall thoroughly wash and cleanse all fittings or utensils belonging thereto at least once a day.
carcase
31. No person shall cleave any carcase or part of a elsewhere than upon a cleaving block or chopping board or upon the hooks provided for the purpose.
32. Every fishmonger shall thoroughly wash and cleanse his stall and any fittings and utensils belonging thereto at least twice a day.
33. Every poulterer shall thoroughly cleanse his stall, pens and any fittings belonging thereto at least twice a day, and shall provide a supply of fresh drinking water for any live birds that may be kept in such pens.
34. No stall-holder shall suffer any garbage or refuse to remain on or be under or about his stall and he shall keep the avenue or passage in front thereof in a cleanly condition.
35. No person shall throw any vegetable substance, offal, garbage, or offensive matter or thing on to any market avenue or thoroughfare.
36. No person shall pluck or scald clean any poultry or game except the places appropriated for the purpose.
37. Every stall-holder, if called upon to do so, shall provide himself with a portable dustbin in accordance with one or other of the patterns on view in the office of the Secretary.
38. No person shall sit, stand or lie on any slab or counter intended for the exposure of food stuffs for sale.
39. No stall-holder shall keep any dog in any market, nor shall any person knowingly permit any dog to follow him into a market.
40. Stall-holders who require additional lights in their stalls shall use only electric lamps or smokeless oil lamps of a pattern to be approved by the Council.
Stall No.
Name of lessee
& partners, if
any.
Date of entry.
For the sale of.
Monthly Rent.