Amendment
animals, any sporting exhibition or contest, any bazaar, any merry-go-round, flying wheel, or other mechanical device designed for amusement;" and (b) by the addition after paragraph (b) of the following-
"(c) "place of public entertainment" means any place on which there is any erection or structure, any premises or building whether temporary or permanent or any water-borne craft or other place in or at which a public entertainment takes place whether on oney occasion or more;"
3.
of scetion a
of the
principal Ordinance.
Amendment
of section t of the principal Ordinance.
Amendment
of section 6
of the
principal Ordinance.
(a)
(d) "stage play" includes every tragedy, comedy, farce opera, revue, burletta, interlude, melodrama, panto mime or other entertainment of the stage or any party thereof."
Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended- by the deletion of the words "permanent or temporary building or matshed for any" in the second line thereals and the substitution therefor of the words "place of''; and (b) by the deletion of the words "building or matshed" in the fifth line thereof and the substitution therefor of the word "place".
4.
Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended- (a) by the insertion in the second line of subsection (1) between the word and comma "invited," and the word "or" of the words "or which persons may attend by reason of being members of a club, association or other organization, incorporated or otherwise"; and
(b) by the deletion from subsection (1) of the words ", and in the case of a cinematograph display at a Chinese theatre to which the public are invited, such person must also obtain a permit in writing for such performance from the Secretary for Chinese Affairs." and the substitution therefor of the words any person contravening the provisions of this subsection shall upon summary con- viction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars."
5.
Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended- (a) by the repeal and replacement of paragraph (a) as
follows-
"(a) the mode of application for licences for places of public entertainment, and the issue of such licences
to such persons and for such periods of time and during such hours, as may be respectively determined in each licence;"';
(b) by the repeal and replacement of paragraph (d) as
follows-
"(d) prescribing the materials of which any place of public entertainment shall be constructed and regula- ting the construction of such place and the cons- truction and arrangement of staircases, corridors, gangways, vestibules, seating accommodation, entrances, exits, doors and fastenings of in or appertaining to such place and all other matters appertaining to the same;";
(c) by the repeal and replacement of paragraph (6) as
follows-
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"'(e) requiring the exercise of all such measures as may be prescribed in any such regulation against over- crowding, and for the control and prevention of fires and for the maintenance of sanitary conditions in any place of public entertainment;";
(d) by the repeal and replacement of paragraph () as
follows-
"the maintenance of peace and good order in a place
of public entertainment:"";
(e) by the repeal and replacement of paragraph (g) as
follows-
"(g) the entry and inspection for the purposes of securing compliance with this Ordinance and of any regula- tions made thereunder of a place of public entertain- ment at any time by the Commissioner of Police, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Building Authority and any other officer authorized by the Governor in that behalf;"'; and
by the repeal and replacement of paragraph (k) as follows-
"(A) providing that contraventions of specified offences shall constitute an offence and that such offences shall be punishable by penalties not exceeding a fine of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months;".