CO129-541-4 Empire Products Fair- report 2-7-1932 - 16-3-1933 — Page 12

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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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Ordinance, 1910." He said: The effect of this short Amending Ordinance is explained in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons attached to it.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was read a first time.

Objects and Reasons.

The "Objects and Reasons" for the Bill were stated as follows:-

1. By section 267 (1) of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, Part II of that Ordinance, which relates to Public Health, does not apply to any part of the New Territories, except New Kowloon, unless the Governor in Council shall otherwise direct.

2. But by section 6A (1) of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, the Governor in Council is empowered to make rules to take effect within the New Territories, except New Kowloon, in any matter with regard to which the Sanitary Board may for the time being have power to make by-laws under the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, to take effect within that part of the Colony to which Part II of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, applies.

3. The powers of the Sanitary Board to make such by-laws are contained in section 16 of the 1903 Ordinance, under paragraphs (21) to (24) of which certain by-laws relating to cattle, sheep, goats, swine and other animals may be made. But these powers do not appear to be wide enough to provide for the prohibition of the keeping of such animals in specified localities where such prohibition is considered desirable.

4. Such prohibition is provided for in section 52 of the 1903 Ordinance which is also in Part II thereof.

5. Section 2 of the Amending Ordinance adds this power to section 6A of the 1910 Ordinance.

6. Section 3 of the Amending Ordinance corrects an oversight of the draughtsman of the Law Revision Ordinance, 1924, when in paragraph 99 of the Schedule to Ordinance No. 5 of 1924, he provided for the renumbering of sub-sections 6 (2) and 6 (3) of Ordinance No. 34 of 1910 as sub-sections 6A (1) and 6A (2) respectively, but made no consequential provision for any reference to the new section 6A in sections 7 and 8 where section 6 is mentioned.

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