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C.S.O. 1 in 4301/29.

[No. 17-16.8.33.-.3]

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to town cleansing, nuisances, domestic sanitation, the licensing of certain premises and trades, and the disposal of the dead.

BE is enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

PART I.

PRELIMINARY.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Short title. (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1933.

2. Nothing herein contained shall vary or affect the rights Saving as or liabilities as between landlord and tenant under any con- tract between them.

to tenancy contacts.

3. In this Ordinance,-

Interpreta tion :-

nuisance.

'Author of a nuisance' means the person by whose act, Author of default, permission, or sufferance the nuisance arises or con- tinues.

'Bake-house' means any premises on which bread, biscuits Bake-house. or confectionery are baked for sale as food for man, and also includes any premises on which such food is prepared for bak- ing, or on which the materials for the preparation of such food are stored.

'Balcony' means any stage, platform, oriel or other similar Balcony. structure projecting from the main wall of any building and supported by brackets or cantilevers.

'Basement' means any cellar, vault, or under-ground Basement. room or any room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil to an average height exceeding two feet above the floor level.

'Building' includes any part of every domestic building, Building. house, school, shop, factory, workshop, bakery, brewery, distillery, pawnshop, warehouse, godown, place of secure stowage, verandah, balcony, kitchen, latrine, gallery, chimney, arch, bridge, stair, column, floor, out-house, stable, shed, pier, wharf, fence, wall, roof, covered way, canopy, kiosk, sunshade, garage, well, water closet, urinal, septic tank. cow shed and hoarding.

'Building Authority' means the Director of Public Works Building or such other person as the Governor in Council may appoint Authority. to give effect to the provisions of this Ordinance.

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