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No. 31 of 1911.
INTERPRETATION,
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INTERPRETATION.
No. 31 of 1911.
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City of Victoria.
Waters of the Colony.
Harbour.
Public seal.
New Kowloon dated the 8th day of December, 1937, signed by the Director of Public Works, countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office.
(5) "City of Victoria or · Victoria " means the area within the following boundaries:
On the north--The harbour;
On the west--A line running north and south drawn through the north-west angle of Inland Lot No. 1299 and extending southwards a distance of $50 feet from the aforesaid angle:
On the south-A line running east from the southern extremity of the western boundary until it meets a contour of the hill-side 700 feet above principal datum, that is to say, a level 17.833 feet below the bench-mark known as "Rifleman's Bolt", or the highest point of a copper bolt set horizontally in the wall of a storehouse on Marine Lot No. 26, in and near the main entrance to the Royal Naval Dockyard, and thence following the said contour until it meets the eastern boundary;
On the east-A line following the western boundary of the Queen's Recreation Ground until it meets the old Shaukiwan Road, thence to the south-east angle of Inland Lot No. 1018, thence along the southern boundary of Inland Lot No. 1018, produced until it meets the road on the east side of Wongnei- chong Valley, and thence to the south-east angle of Inland Lot No. 1364, produced until it meets the southern boundary.
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(6) "The waters of the Colony' or Colonial waters means all waters, whether navigable or not, included within the Colony.
(7) "Harbour" means the harbour of Victoria and includes the waters of the Colony within the following boundaries:
On the east-A straight line drawn from the westernmost extremity of Siu Chau Wan Point to the westernmost extremity of A Kung Ngam Point (sometimes known as Kung Am);
On the west-A straight line drawn from the westernmost point of the Island of Hong Kong to the westernmost point of Green Island, thence a straight line drawn from the westernmost point of Green Island to the westernmost point of Stonecutters Island, and thence a straight line drawn true north from the westernmost extremity of Stonecutters Island to the mainland.
(8) Public seal" means the public seal of the Colony.
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(9) "Public office' and public department include every office or department invested with or performing duties office. of a public nature, whether under the immediate control of the Governor or not.
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officer.
(10) "Public officer or "Public servant means any Public person holding any appointment or discharging the duties, whether permanently or temporarily, of any office the emolu- ments of which are wholly or in part directly derived from the revenues of the Colony, and includes members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, members of the Urban Council, justices of the peace, revenue officers, members of the police force and of the district watch force, and also commissioners and persons acting under the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, and persons acting under the Po Leung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance, 1893.
Ordinances Nos. 13 of 1886 and 6 of 1893.
(11) Officer of police or police officer '
includes Officer of members of the police force of all ranks; and where any duty police, etc. or power is imposed or conferred in any Ordinance on any officer of police, police officer, police constable or constable, it may be performed or exercised by any member of the police force;
and where any duty or power is imposed or conferred on any European officer of police or constable, it may be performed or exercised by any European member of the police force;
and where any duty or power is imposed on any officer of police other than a constable it may be performed or exercised by any member of the police force of higher rank;
and where any person is referred to as of police" it shall be construed to mean a member of the police force "* :
not being a constable any person not being
or
and the expression person employed in the police force ", other words of like meaning, shall include all the employees referred to in section 3 (2) of the Police Force Ordinance, 1932, Ordinance as well as all members of the police force.
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No. 37 of 1932.
(12) 'Health Officer' includes the Director of Medical Health Services, any medical officer appointed as a Health Officer by the Officer. Governor, any Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and any officer for the time being performing the duties of a Health Officer under any Ordinance.
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