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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1934.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 587.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1919. (PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT REGULATION).

Licences.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 (1) of the Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919, the Governor in Council rescinds the regulations made under the said Ordinance and set forth on pages 769-785 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, as subsequently amended, and all other regulations heretofore made under the said Ordinance, and makes the following regulations in sub- stitution therefor :-

Places of Public Entertainment Regulations.

INTERPRETATION,

"Entertainment" for the purposes of these regulations, includes any concert, stage play, stage performance, cinemato- graph display, exhibition of dancing, conjuring, or juggling, acrobatic performance, boxing contest, or circus, or any other entertainment of a similar character.

"Public Entertainment" means any entertainment as above defined, to which the general public are admitted with or without payment for admission.

"Premises" means any place kept or used, or intended to be kept or used for public entertainment under a licence or licences granted under the Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919, and includes any means of ingress or egress for the purposes of and in connection with such place, and in cases in which such place consist of a part or parts only of a building includes also any other part or parts of such building used or intended to be used for the purposes of and in connection with such public entertainment.

"Licensing Authority" means the officer or authority by whom licences may be issued under the said Ordinance, and in respect of any issued licence means the officer or authority by whom the licence was issued, and includes any officer or authority for the time being entitled to cancel, renew or otherwise deal with any such licence.

Part I.

PERMANENT AND SEMI PERMANENT BUILDINGS IN THE ISLAND OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON, AND

BUILDINGS IN ANY PART OF THE COLONY SPECIALLY DESIGNED AS THEATRES AND CINEMAS,

Applications for Licences.

1-(1) The Inspector General of Police is and shall be the officer or authority by whom licences under this Part may be issued.