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Power to remove members of the public from public bathhouses and wash- bouses,

Power to refuse admittance to certain members of

the public to public balh- houses and washhouses.

Appeala against

action laten

under section

37 or 38.

Regulations relating to laundries and dry cleaning establish-

ments.

(34 0E 1955).

(2) If any person other than the Authority opens or maintains any latrine, bathhouse or washhouse for the use of the public otherwise than under and in accordance with a licence granted under subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence.

37. The Authority or any person licensed under subsection (1) of section 36 or any person duly authorized by the Authority or by such person licensed as aforesaid may remove from any latrine, bathhouse or washhouse maintained, respectively, by it or him for the use of the public any person contravening any regulation made under the pro- visions of section 35.

38. The Authority or any person licensed under subsection (1) of section 36 may refuse admittance to or remove from any latrine, bath- house or washhouse maintained, respectively, by it or him for the use of the public any person who has been convicted of-

(c) an offence under any regulation made under the provisions of section 35 relating to latrines, bathhouses or washhouses; or (b) an offence against public decency committed in any such

latrine, bathhouse or washbouse.

39. Any person who considers himself aggrieved by removal from, or refusal of admittance to, any latrine, bathhouse or washhouse under section 37 or 38 may appeal to the court, and the court may make such direction regarding the use by the appellant of such latrine, bathhous or washbouse as may in the circumstances appear to it to be just.

40. (1) Without prejudice to anything contained in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, 1955 the Authority may make regulations in relation to any laundry or any premises, place or vehicle used for storing, collecting or delivering articles in connexion with the business of any laundry prescribing or providing for-

(a) the proper management and control thereof, including pio-

hibition or restriction;

{b} registration or licensing thereof, and fees and charges in

connexion therewith;

(c) the regulation and control (including prohibition), and the medical examination and immunization against disease, of persons engaged or employed upon or in connexion with any laundering or dry cleaning operation or the handling or packing of any clothing:

(d) the promotion of hygienic and wholesome methods of laundering or dry cleaning and the prevention of the dis- semination of communicable diseases.

(2) Regulations made under this section may prohibit, restrict or otherwise control the laundering or dry cleaning for gain of clothing bedding or household linen otherwise than in a laundry.

41. The Authority may make regulations in relation to labourers Regulations lines prescribing or providing for-

relating to Labourers'

(a) the prevention and abatement of nuisances therein and the lines. maintenance of the same in a clean and sanitary condition; (b) the construction thereof and the facilities to be provided

therein.

Swimming Pools.

42. (1) The Authority may make regulations in relation to Regulations swimming pools (including the precincts thereof) prescribing or provid. relating to

swimming ing for

pools.

(a) the purity of water contained in any swimming pool, and the adequacy and cleanliness of accommodation provided thereat; (6) the prevention of accidents;

(c) the conduct and standards of decency of persons resorting to swimming pools, including the exclusion or removal there. from of persons suffering from communicable diseases and, in the case of public swimming pools, of undesirable persons; (d) proper design and standard of finishing:

(e) the proper management and control of swimming pools, in- cluding licensing or registration, and fees and charges in connexion therewith;

(f) in the case of any public swimming pool, charges for admis- sion or for the use or enjoyment of any facilities provided thereat.

(2) Regulations made under this section may be of general application or restricted to any particular swimming pool or to any class or type of swimming pool.

Rules relating

43. (1) The Director of Urban Services may in relation to any public swimming pool make, from time to time, rules of a subsidiary to public

swimming nature for the better control, direction and information of persons

pools, using or resorting to such swimming pool:

Provided that such rules shall not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulation made under section 42. (2) Any person who fails to comply with any rule made under the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

KORY

44. (1) The Authority may close temporarily to the public any Use of public swimming pool, or any part of any public swimming pool, and public

swimming pools for () grant, either gratuitously or for payment, the exclusive use swimming

thereof to schools or clubs. or to persons organizing or by schools swimming practices or contests, aquatic sports or similar or clubs. entertainment; or

contests, clE,