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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1934.

Special

powers of the police.

176. When it appears to the Inspector General of Police, or to any police officer not under the rank of Assistant Super- intendent, that by reason of any breach of these regulations, or for any other reason whatsoever, the safety or preservation of any person or any property, or the avoidance of any casual- ity, or the prevention or discontinuance of any disorder, or the prevention or discontinuance of any public entertainment offensive to good manners or decorum, or calculated to corrupt public morals, so requires, it shall be lawful for him, and for any police officer specially authorised by the Inspector General of Police in that behalf to order, in person, that any place of public entertainment be temporarily closed or vacated, and upon such order every member of any audience, and every other person whosoever, shall forthwith comply with such order in an orderly manner. Furthermore, it shall be lawful for the Inspector General of Police and for any police officer not under the rank of Assistant Superintendent or authorised as aforesaid, to take, in person or under his personal superinten- dence, such steps with a view to removal or mitigation of the cause of danger or offence, or with a view to the protection of any person, or any property, or avoidance of any casuality, as may be considered expedient. No claim whatsoever shall be made against the Inspector General of Police or any police officer, or against any person assisting the police and under police direction in respect of any act done under this regulation.

Part VII.

Board of

Censors.

Appeal.

Fees.

Duty of

facilitate

Censoring of CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND POSTERS, AND

USE OF CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRES.

177. All cinematograph films and posters, hereinafter referred to as films and posters, shall be censored by a Board of Censors, or by a member of such Board, or by some other persons authorised in that behalf by the Board in writing with the approval of the Governor. No film or poster shall be exhibited unless it has been censored and passed by the Board of Censors or by a member of such Board or by some other person authorised as aforesaid.

178. The Board of Censors shall consist of the Inspector General of Police, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the Director of Education,

179. Any owner or renter of any film or poster who may be dissatisfied with the decision of any individual censor shall have a right of appeal to the Board of Censors, whose decision shall be final.

180. The fee for censoring films in any appeal as afore- said shall be $8.00 per reel. In all other cases of censoring films the fee shall be $1.00 per short reel or trailer under 300 feet, $2.00 per short reel or trailer exceeding 300 feet but not exceeding 500 feet, $4.00 per reel exceeding 500 feet but not exceeding 1,000 feet, and $5.00 per reel exceeding 1,000 feet. Fosters will be censored free of charge.

181. It shall be the duty of all managers of cinemato- managers to graph theatres to arrange for the projection or display of all films and posters for censoring at such place as shall be appointed by the Board of Censors.

censoring.

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