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A BILL

то

ANNEX TO XCR(77) 107

Amend the Summary Offences Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Summary

Offences (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 1977.

Amendment of

section 4. (Cap. 228.)

2.

Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended

by deleting subsection (26).

Addition of

new

section 4B.

3. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding

after section 4A the following new section

"Objects dropped from buildings.

4B. (1) If anything is dropped or

allowed to fall from any building to the

danger or injury of any person in or near

a public place, the person who drops that

thing or allows it to fall and the occupier

of the building or part thereof from which

the thing was dropped or allowed to fall

commits an offence and is liable to a fine

of $10,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) If anything is dropped or allowed

to fall from any building in the course of

the construction, repair or decoration of

the building or part thereof, to the danger

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