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HONG KONG
No. 19 of 1959.
I assent.
Лява
Governor.
4th June, 1959.
An Ordinance to make provision for restricting pollution of the air
and for matters connected therewith.
[
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legistative Council thereof, as follows-
]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Clean Air Ordinance. Short title 1999, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the and com Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "competent authority" means a competent authority appointed by the
Governor in accordance with section 10;
"dark smoke" means smoke which, if compared in the appropriate manner with a chart of the type known at the date of the enactment of this Ordinance as the Ringelmann Chart, would appear to be as dark as or darker than shade 2 on the chart;
"furnace" includes any kind of fireplace, grate or stove, whether open
or closed;
mencement.
Interpreta- tion.