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Amendment
of the
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
7. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended of section 7 by the substitution of the words "five hundred dollars or imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding three months" for the words hundred and fifty dollars " in the second line thereof.
principal
Ordinance.
Amendment
of section 9
of the
principal
Ordinance.
Amendment
of section II
of the
principal
Ordinance.
Amendment
of section 13
of the
principal Ordinance.
Amendment
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8. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the addition of the words or other lawful authority the words "District Officer in the third line thereof.
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9. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the insertion of the words or loiters for the purpose of soliciting after the word "solicits" in the fourth line thereof.
10. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the substitution of the following sub-section for sub-section (1):-
"(1) No person shall between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. make or cause or permit to be made or caused any noise whatever calculated to disturb or interfere with the public tranquillity or to annoy any person.
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11. Section 18A of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended of section 18A by the substitution of the following sub-section for sub-section
of the
principal
Ordinance.
Addition of
(2):-
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(2) Provided that it shall not constitute an offence against this section for a juvenile to possess an imitation firearm or for any person to import an imitation firearm under and in accordance with a permit of the Director of Commerce and Industry containing such conditions as such Director may see fit to impose and provided also that no prosecution for an offence against this section shall be commenced without the consent of the Attorney General."
12. The following sections shall be added after section 19A new sections of the principal Ordinance:
19B, 19C and 19D to the principal Ordinance.
"Unlawful for
wear uniform
to which he is not entitled.
19. Any person who wears a uniform which he any person to is not entitled to wear or any dress so closely resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months: Provided that the wearing of any uniform or dress by a performer in any public entertainment shall not constitute an offence against this section.
In this section "uniform" means any apparel from time to time constituting the proper apparel whilst on duty for members of His Majesty's Forces or of the Hong Kong Defence Force or for the British Mercantile Marine or for members of the Hong Kong Police Force or Hong Kong Police Reserve Force or for any force raised under the authority of any enactment in force in the Colony and "apparel" includes accoutrements.