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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 26, 1935.

HONG KONG

No. 22 or 1935.

I assent.

W. PEEL,

L. S.

Governor.

26th April, 1935.

An Ordinance to enable the Urban Council to make by-laws with respect to the regulation and control by registration, licensing or otherwise of certain hawkers.

[26th April, 1935.]

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 Hawkers Ordin- Short title. ance, 1935.

2. The Urban Council may make by-laws with respect Power of to the regulation and control by registration, licensing or Urban otherwise of persons hawking any kind of commodity other make than cigars, cigarettes and tobacco.

Council to

by-laws for hawkers other than bawkers of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco.

3. All by-laws made by the Urban Council under By-laws to section 2 shall be submitted to the Governor and shall be be submitted subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

to the Governor and subject to the approval of Legislative Council.

of by-laws

4. The by-laws in the Schedule shall be deemed to have Enactment been made under this Ordinance and shall be in force except on schedule. as they may be rescinded, suspended, amended or added to by by-laws made by the Urban Council under section 2.

5.-(1) Every person who contravenes any of the Penalties. provisions of any by-law under this Ordinance shall be liable. on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, as well as to suffer any forfeiture that may be prescribed therein.

(2) Any licence issued under any by-law under this Ordinance shall be liable to cancellation by the Urban Council on the breach of any by-law to which the holder of such licence is subject or on breach of any condition of the licence.

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