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Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Bill is to amend the

Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance so as to

strengthen the controls over bill-posting.

2.

Clause 2 of the Bill replaces section 104A

of the principal Ordinance with a new provision which

prohibits the display or affixing of any bill or

poster on private or Crown land without written

permission.

3.

Clause 3 of the Bill adds four new sections

Their effect is as

to the principal Ordinance.

follows

(a) Proposed new section 104B This section will

impose on the person displaying a bill or

poster a duty to maintain it in a clean and

tidy condition to the reasonable satisfaction

of the Authority;

(b)

Proposed new section 104C This section will

give the Authority the power to remove bills

or posters which are displayed without

permission or which are not being maintained

in a clean and tidy condition. The Authority

may recover the cost of removal from the

person displaying the bill or poster. Where

a person is convicted of an offence under

104A or 104B, the court may order that person

to pay, in addition to any fine, the cost

of removing the bill or poster.