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No. S. 76.-The following Bill, as amended in Committee by the Legislative Council, is published for information under Standing Order 28 (1):-

C.S.O. 1 in 4301/29.

A BILL

[No. 17-15.3.35-11.]

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to town cleansing, nuisances, domestic sanitation, the licensing of certain premises and trades and the disposal of the dead.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

PART I.

Short title.

Saving as to tenancy contracts.

Interpreta- tion.

Animals.

Author of nuisance.

Balcony.

Basement.

Building.

PRELIMINARY.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935.

2. Nothing herein contained shall vary or affect the rights or liabilities as between landlord and tenant under any con- tract between them.

3. In this Ordinance and in all by-laws made there- under:

'Animals' means cattle, sheep, goats and all other ruminating animals, and swine and equines.

'Author of a nuisance' means the person by whose act, default, permission or sufferance the nuisance arises or con- tinues.

'Balcony' means any stage, platform, oriel or other similar structure projecting from a main wall of any building and supported by brackets or cantilevers.

'Basement' means any cellar, vault, under-ground room or any room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil to an average height exceeding two feet above the floor level.

'Building' includes any part of every domestic building, house, school, shop, factory, workshop, bakery, brewery, distillery, pawnshop, warehouse, godown, place of secure stowage, verandah, balcony, kitchen, latrine, gallery, chimney, arch, bridge, stair, column, floor, out-house, stable, shed, pier, wharf, fence, wall, roof, covered way, canopy, kiosk, sunshade, garage, well, piling, septic tank, cow-shed and hoarding