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glio.
by 29/30, 5.L.
Duration of
No. 11 of 1899.
PIERS.
(3) In the case of the extension of an existing pier, the extra rent for the extra land to be covered by such extension shall commence to be payable from the date of the granting of the licence or lease for such extension.
It shall be lawful, however
(4) In the case, however, of a temporary pier it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to remit the whole or a portion of any rent which is chargeable under this section.
4.) The scale of rents specified in the Schedule shall scale of rents. continue force until the end of the year 1924 and there-
after, unless altered as hereinafter provided.
Schedule.
Substituted by Ord. No. 4 of age4.
Erection of new pier.
Alteration or extension of pier.
Repair of pier.
Exhibition of green light
(2) The Governor in Council may revise such scale, as he may deem expedient as from and after the 1st day of January, 1925.
(3) Such revised scale shall be notified in the Gazette, and shall be deemed to be substituted for the scale in the Schedule, and shall be in force as from the 1st day of January, 1925, to the end of the year 1949, after which date the scale shall be again subject to revision.
5. No pier shall be erected or re-erected except with the leave of the Director of Public Works, and every such pier shall be of such design, dimensions, construction, and material as may be approved of by him.
6. No alteration or extension of any pier shall be made by the owner thereof, except with the leave of the Director of Public Works.
7. The foundation, superstructure, landing-steps, roadway, and every other portion of every pier shall at all times be maintained in a state of safety and repair by the owner.
8. (1) A green light, so constructed and of such a at end of pier, character as to be visible from seaward, on a dark night with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least one mile, shall be exhibited within six feet of the outer end of every pier.
(2) Such light shall be erected and maintained by the owner of the pier and at his expense, and shall be kept lighted by such owner between sunset and sunrise.
(3) Such light shall be not less than ten and not more than fifteen feet above the level of the upper surface of the pier.
A.D. 1924.]
PIERS AMENDMENT.
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HONGKONG.
No. 4 OF 1924
I assent.
R. E. STUBBS,
Governor.
15th August, 1924.
An Ordinance to amend the Piers Ordinance,
1899.
[15th August, 1924.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Piers Amend- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1924.
2. Section 4 of the Piers Ordinance, 1899, is repealed, Amendment and the following section is substituted therefor :--
of Ordinance No. 11 of
Duration and
revision of
scale of rents.
4(1) The scale of rents specified in the 1899, s. 4.
Schedule shall continue in force until revised as hereinafter provided.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Legisla- tive Council by resolution from time to time to revise the said scale of rents in any way whatsoever, and any such revised scale of rents shall continue in
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