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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 24, 1927.

HONG KONG.

No. 6 of 1927.

L.S.

I assent.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

24th June, 1927.

An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and

Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

[24th June, 1927.]

Short title.

Interpreta- tion

Ordinance

No. 1 of 1903.

Amendment

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 Public Health and Buildings Amendment Ordinance, 1927.

2. In this Ordinance

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principal Ordinance the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

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means

3. Paragraph (8) of section 6 of the principal Ordi-

of Ordinance nance is repealed and the following paragraph is substi- No. 1 of 1903. tuted therefor :- s. 6-(8).

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 1 of 1903. s. 6 (25).

Amendment

(8) "Building "includes every domestic building, house, school, shop, factory, workshop, bakery, brewery, distillery, pawnshop, warehouse, go- down, place of secure stowage, verandali, bal- cony, kitchen, latrine, gallery, chimney, arch, bridge, stair, column, floor, out-house, stable, shed, pier, wharf, fence, wall, roof, covered way, canopy, kiosk, and sunshade.

4. Paragraph (25) of section 6 of the principal Ordi- nance is repealed and the following paragraph is substi-... tuted therefor :—

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(25) Exceptional building" includes (1) every pub- lie building, factory, workshop, bakery, brewery, distillery, pawnshop, every building intended for special uses, every building made wholly or partly of reinforced concrete, every building made wholly or partly of glass, iron or other material not provided for in this Ordinance, and (ii) every part of every building which is an exceptional building within the meaning of the first part of this paragraph.

5. Section 8 (2) of the principal Ordinance is repealed

of Ordinance and the following sub-sections are substituted therefor :-

No. 1 of 1903.

s. § (2).

(2) Two of the said additional members shall be elected by an electorate composed of the persons whose names shall appear in one or other of the two parts of the register hereinafter referred to.