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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1934.

170. In the case of a temporary building, no licence will Temporary be issued for a longer period than one month, but such licence building. may be renewed at the discretion of the Licensing Authority.

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171. The Building Authority in collaboration with the Power to Licensing Authority may, where he considers any of the pro- modifications visions of any of the foregoing regulations, owing to special or structural circumstances, inapplicable or inexpedient, grant such modifications as he may think desirable on receiving a written application.

172. The Licensing Authority and any police or Fire Right of Brigade officer deputed by him are empowered to enter any entry. place of public entertainment at any time, whether during the performance of a stage play or otherwise, for the purpose of inspecting the same, including any fire service or apparatus in connexion therewith, and of seeing that all regulations applicable thereto are duly observed.

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PENALTIES, AND POWERS OF THE LICENSING AUTHORITY AND POLICE.

173. Every person holding a licence under these regula- General tions who fails to comply with any of the conditions of his penalty. licence or with any of the provisions of these regulations and every person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations for which no other penalty is imposed, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

174. Every person who smokes in any part of a place of Smoking. public entertaininent where smoking is prohibited, or who stands or sits about or otherwise obstructs any gangway, passageway, or vestibule during the performance of a stage play, or who obstructs any police or other officer in the dis- charge of the duties imposed on him by these regulations or otherwise, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

175. The Licensing Authority shall, subject to the Cancellation approval of the Governor in Council, have power at all times of licence. by notice in writing to cancel forthwith any licence, without payment of any compensation, upon being satisfied that any of the conditions of the licence have not been complied with, or that there has been disorder, at or upon the premises, or that the performance of any public entertainment is or has been offensive to good manners or decorum, or calculated to corrupt public morals. Any holder of a licence who shall continue the performance of any public entertainment after the receipt of such notice shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. Any police officer, not under the rank of Assistant Superintendent, shall also have power to close, in person, any performance, if, in his dis- cretion, he considers it necessary, in the interests of peace and good order, to do so.

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