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Interference

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(2) The occupiers of every house to which the Council inay have applied the provisions of this section shall, at such a time or times as may be fixed and notified by the Council, place the dustcan or dustbin provided for use in connection with his house on the edge of the arcade or verandah or five- foot-way of such house, or, if the house is situated in a garden or compound, at the entrance to such garden or compound, and shall not remove it or permit its removal until it has been emptied by the servants of the Council.

(3) The Council may in lieu of the procedure provided by subsection (2) require the owner or occupier of any house or premises to empty such dustcan or dustbins at least once daily at such time as the Council may appoint into receptacles provided by the Council.

(4) No person shall place any dustcan or dustbin in the aforesaid positions or empty the contents thereof except at the times appointed.

72. No unauthorised person shall rake or grub in any with dustbins dustcan, dustbin, or scavenging cart or remove or scatter the

contents thereof.

by un-

authorised

person prohibited.

Dumping of corpses or carcases

prohibited.

Scavenging to be done department-

ally or by

contract.

Servants of

contractors

to wear dis-

tinguishing badge.

Occupier

to make

provision

for removal

from

premises

to bins, carts, etc.

Occupier to provide moveable dustbin.

73. No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be deposited any corpse or carcase or any part thereof into any public street, public ground, or open space, verandah, lane, thoroughfare, drain. river, canal or water course, or on the banks of any river canal or water course or in the harbour.

74. (1) The Council shall provide a departmental service or employ contractors for the general surface scaveng- ing of the following districts -

(a) The City of Victoria.

(b) The Hill District.

(c) The Villages of Shaukiwan West, Sai Wan Ho, Wong Kok Tsui, Quarry Bay. Tsat Tsz Mui, Chuen Lung, Ma Shan Ha, Fo Tau Fat, Tsin Shui Ma Tau, A Kung Ngam, Aberdeen, Aplichau, Stanley and Tai Tam.

(d) Such portions of Kowloon (including New Kowloon) as the Council shall from time to time determine.

(2) Such contractors are hereinafter referred scavenging contractors.

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75. The servants of the scavenging contractors shall. while at work, wear such distinguishing badge as shall from time to time be directed by the Council.

76. The occupier of any premises situated within any of the districts specified in Section 74 or. if there be no occupier. the owner or the immediate landlord, shall make due provision for the daily removal from his premises of all ashes, domestic waste, refuse and other objectionable matters to the dust carts, dust baskets, dustbins or dust boats provided by the Council or by the scavenging contractors.

77. The occupier of any premises which are situated within any of the districts specified in Section 74 shall provide himself with a strong substantial moveable dustbin constructed of impervious materials with closely fitting cover to the satis- faction of the Council and sufficient for the reception of the day's house-refuse.

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ance of

pigwash.

78. No pigwash shall be placed in or upon or conveyed Conditions

with regard along or across any street or open space situated within any conver of the districts specified in Section 74 except between midnight and 9 a.m. and except in strong substantial buckets with closely fitting covers, and of such pattern as may from time to time be approved by the Council; and no pigwash shall be conveyed in any boat or vessel except in such buckets as aforesaid or if in bulk in water-tight tarred holds with closely fitting hatches. Pigwash, if not placed in such a boat or vessel, must be conveyed direct to a licensed pigsty.

79.—(a) No pigwash shall be emptied, discharged, de- Deposit of posited or placed in, or conveyed to, over, or upon any gully, pigwash on drain, sewer or any inlet thereto.

(b) No pigwash shall after removal from any premises be emptied, discharged, deposited or placed in or conveyed to any place except a licensed pigsty.

unauthorised places

prohibited.

80. All household refuse shall be regularly removed by Duty of the Counci! from every street on land held under lease from Council the Crown.

The Collection, Removal and Disposal of Nightsoil and Excretal Matter.

to remove

refuse from streets.

81. The Urban Council shall have the exclusive right to Rights of collect, remove and dispose of, or to delegate to others the Council

with regard right to collect, remove and dispose of all nightsoil and ex- to night-

soil, crétal matter from latrines and all matters so collected shall

be the property of the Council who may sell or otherwise dispose of it.

Council to

82. The Urban Council may from time to time fix the Power of hours within which only it shall be lawful to remove any night fix hours soil or excretal matter, and when the Council has fixed for removal, such hours and given the public notice thereof, whoever re- moves or causes to be removed along any street any nightsoil or excretal matter at any time except within the hours so fixed, and also whoever at any time, whether such hours have been fixed by the Council or not, uses for any such pur- pose any cart, carriage or other receptacle or vessel not having a covering proper for preventing the escape of the contents thereof or of the stench therefrom, or who slops or spills any such offensive matter in the removal thereof, or who does not carefully sweep and clean every place in which any offensive matter has been stopped or spilt, or who places or sets down in any public place any vessel containing such nightsoil or excretal matter, or who drives or takes or driven or taken any cart, carriage, receptacle or vessel used for any such purpose as aforesaid through any street or route other than such as shall from time to time be appointed for the purpose by the Council by public notice, shall be liable for a first offence to a fine not exceeding ten dollars and for a second and subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty- five dollars.

causes

to Fars

to give

83. Every occupier of any house, land or premises shall Occupiers give free access to persons authorised by the Council to remove access for nightsoil from his latrine during such hours as may be fixed purposes of by the Council.

removal.

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