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(5) In case of any material departure from the particulars or substituted particulars furnished in respect of any food-preserving establishment such food-preserving establishment shall be deemed to be unregistered.

4. The following conditions and requirements shall be complied with in respect of every food-preserving establishment :-

(1) Except with the permission of the Council no water shall be used for any purpose other than water from the Government Water Works and laid on to the premises of the food-preserving establishment.

(2) All premises, apparatus, utensils and machinery shall be kept in a cleanly condition, and free from all noxious matter.

(3) Except with the permission of the Council the premises of a food-preserving establishment shall not be put to any other use or purpose, domestic or otherwise.

(4) No animals except cats shall be kept.

(5) No person shall spit in any food-preserving establishment except into spittoons provided for the purpose.

(6) The registered proprietor shall cause to be continuously dis played, in a conspicuous position on every floor of his registered premises, a notice or notices of a size and form approved by the Board, and in a language prescribed by the Board. requiring all persons present on the premises not to spit on the floor.

(7) The registered proprietor shall cause any phlegm, spittle or saliva found on the floor of his premises to be promptly swept up and removed; and in the event of his providing one or more spittoons, shall cause a sufficient quantity of a disinfectant fluid to be kept continuously in such spittoons while in use; and shall thoroughly cleanse them daily at the close of business.

(8) No drain inlet shall exist or remain in any part of the premises. (9) Adequate kitchen, ablution, urinal, and privy accommodation, to the satisfaction of the Council, shall be provided.

(10) The ground surfaces of the premises shall be laid with not less than six inches of good lime concrete, or not less than three inches of cement concrete composed of one part of cement, three parts of sand and five parts of stone broken to pass through a one inch ring, and the surface shall be rendered smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt or cement mortar of not less than half an inch in thickness or such other material as the Council may approve. Floor surfaces other than ground surfaces shall be of non-absorbent material, finished off smooth.

(11) The walls shall be rendered to the height of seven feet with cement mortar or other non-absorbent material or be otherwise con- structed and maintained to the satisfaction of the Council.

(12) Adequate lighting and ventilation, to the satisfaction of the Board, shall be provided.

(13) The interior surfaces of the walls and ceilings or roofs of the premises shall be limewashed throughout during the months of January and July each year.

(14) The premises, and the work being carried on, and all apparatus, utensils, receptacles, machinery, fittings, fixtures and things therein, and accommodation referred to in paragraph (9) shall be open, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to the inspection of any Member of the Urban Council and any Food Officer.

(15) Exemptions from or modifications of all or any of the conditions or requirements of by-law 3 may be granted by the Council, in its discretion and with or without conditions of exemption or modification. Such exemptions and modilcations shall be noted in the register.

(16) Subject to exemptions and modifications as aforesaid the Council may refuse registration, and may strike off any food-preserving establishment from the register, if the conditions and requirements of these by-laws are not complied with.