Repeal and replacement of section 20.
(ab) the cleansing of any premises or place by any
person;":
(b) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (g) and
substituting a semicolon therefor; and
(c) by inserting after paragraph (g) the following new
paragraph-
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"(h) regulating or prohibiting the employment of
children in the removal or disposal of refuse.".
Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Removal
of refuse and cleaning of area.
20. (1) If it appears to the Authority that any refuse or obnoxious matter, whether manure, dung, soil, filth or other matter, ought to be removed from any place, the Authority may serve a notice in accordance with subsection (2) on the person who appears to him-
(a) to be the owner of the refuse or obnoxious
matter:
(b) to have deposited the refuse or obnoxious
matter in that place; or
(c) to be the occupier of the place where the
refuse or obnoxious matter is found.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall require the person on whom it is served to remove the refuse or obnoxious matter, and may require him also to clean to the satisfaction of the Authority the area in which the refuse or obnoxious matter is found. within such period, not being less than twenty-four bours after the service of the notice, as may be specified therein.
(3) If a notice served in accordance with sub- section (2) is not complied with within the period specified therein—
(a) the refuse or obnoxious matter to which the notice refers shall become the property of the Crown and may be removed and de- stroyed or otherwise disposed of by the Authority which may clean the area in which it was found; and
(6) the person on whom the notice was served shall be guilty of an offence and on convic- tion may, in addition to any other penalty
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imposed, be ordered by the court to pay the whole or part of the expenses incurred by the Authority in removing and destroying or disposing of the refuse or obnoxious malter and in cleaning the area in which it was found.".
4. Section 22 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (2) by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following-
5.
"(a) cause to be served upon the owner of such article or thing, or, where the owner is absent from Hong Kong or cannot be found or ascertained by the Authority, cause to be attached to such article or thing, a notice requiring the owner or some person on his behalf-
(i) to remove the same within such period, being not less than twenty-four hours, as may be specified in the notice; and
(ii) to prevent the recurrence of such obstruction by the article or thing during such period, as may be specified in the notice; and
(b) if such article or thing is not removed or is found causing obstruction within the period specified in the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(i) or (a)(ii), seize, carry away and detain such article or thing.”.
Section 23 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-
"(1) Any public officer authorized in writing in that behalf by the Authority may-
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(a) require any person whom he reasonably suspects of having contravened any regulation made under section 15, to give his correct name and address and produce evidence to that effect to the public officer; (b) to arrest any person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses to comply with a requirement under paragraph (a); and
(c) to arrest in any public place any person who con- travenes any of the provisions of section 4(2) or (3) of the Summary Offences Ordinance.",
Amendment of section 22.
Amendment of section 23.