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Ordinance

No. 2 of 1870.

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3. No licensed itinerant hawker shall-

(1) trade within the boundaries of the Wongneichong Recreation Ground as defined under the Public Places Regulation Ordinance, 1870: or

(2) trade within the area bounded on the north by the Harbour,. ou the west by Wing Wo Street, on the south by Queen's Road, and on the east by Murray Road, including such boundaries, or in Stanley Street, or in any portion of any street leading directly from Stanley Street to Queen's Road; or

(3) sell, expose or have in his possession for sale any wares usually sold in a market within the limits of such market prescribed under any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to markets.

4. No tray, basket, box, tub, pan, pail, tin or other receptacle in which any itinerant hawker carries or displays his wares shall exceed three feet in length and three feet in width, and no such hawker shall have in his possession for the purposes of his trade more than two such receptacles and one smaller receptacle, of not more than two feet cubic capacity, for refuse.

5. No licensed itinerant hawker shall sell, expose or have in his possession for sale any prepared food not usually sold by licensed

hawkers.

6. The holder of every itinerant hawker's licence shall observe the following conditions, and such special conditions as the Council may in its discretion impose which shall be endorsed on the licence:--

(1) Except with the written permission of the Council endorsed on the licence, the licensee shall not transfer, lend or hire his licence to any person.

(2) The licensee shall carry on his trade only between the hours of 4 a.m. and 10 p.m.

C. Licensed (stallholders) hawkers.

The following regulations shall apply only to licensed (stallholders) hawkers:-

1. The Council shall when issuing a (stallholder) hawker's licence supply to the licensee a card bearing the licensee's name, a licence number, and particulars of the site and measurements of his stall, and the holder of such licence shall exhibit and keep such card exhibited on his stall in a conspicuous position approved by the Council.

2. Only stalls of a pattern approved by the Council, similar to the models exhibited at the offices of the Council, shall be used.

3. No licence taken out by any person to carry on the trade of a (stallholder) hawker shall confer on such person any right in any site or pitch, and such person shall place his stall only in such position as the Council may approve.

4. The Council may at any time direct the removal of any stall from any position to any other position, and the holder of a licence for such stall shall thereupon remove the stall and place it in accordance with such direction of the Council.

5. No licensed (stallholder) hawker shall place his stall or any part thereof or anything used in or pertaining to his trade within ten feet of any storm water grating, or in such manner as to obstruct any sidechannel.

6. No stall for the sale of cooked food shall exceed seven feet in length or four feet in width, and no other stall shall exceed six feet in length or three feet in width.

7. The licensee of every stall for the sale of cooked food, fruit or vegetables shall provide and maintain to the satisfaction of the Coun- cil a covered receptacle of galvanized iron for refuse.