CO129-590-12 Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Amendment Ordinance 1941 21-2-1941 - 15-4-1941 — Page 11

L. S.

HONG KONG.

No. 2 of 1941.

I assent.

E. F. NORTON,

Officer Administering the Government.

21st February, 1941.

An Ordinance to amend the Places of Public Entertainment

Regulation Ordinance, 1919.

[21st February, 1941.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Places of Public Short title. Entertainment Regulation Amendment Ordinance, 1941.

2. The Places of Public Entertainment Regulation New section Ordinance, 1919, is amended by the insertion of the follow- ing new section after section 5 thereof :-

5A inserted in Ordin- ance No. 22 of 1919.

Restrictions on the un-

sale of

5A.-(1) No person shall sell, or offer or exhibit or have in his possession for sale, or solicit the purchase of, any authorized ticket or voucher authorizing or purporting to authorize admission to any place of public entertainment licensed under this Ordinance or any place with respect to which duty on payments for admission is payable under the Entertainments 1930. Tax Ordinance, 1930-

(a) in any public thoroughfare, or in the entrance hall of, or approaches to, any such place as aforesaid, except at a box-office, booth, turnstile or counter appointed by the proprietor or manager of such place or by the organizer of the entertainment, exhibition, performance, amusement, game or sport held therein, or

(b) at a price exceeding the amount fixed by such proprietor, manager or organizer to be charged therefor, inclusive of the duty, if any, payable.

(2) Every person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 20th day of February, 1941.

C. BRAMALL BURGESS,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

tickets.

Ordinance No. 28 of

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