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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 422.-The following Bill, to be read a first time at the Meeting of the Legis- lative Council to be held on the 19th instaurt, is published for general information :--

A BILL

ENTITLED

Short title.

Definitions.

Boycotting.

Intimida- tion.

Person,

Society.

Member of a Society which

commits

violence,

threat or intimida- tion.

Person

violence

threat or intimida- tion.

An Ordinance to prevent the undue and im- proper interference with or hampering of lawful business and commercial undertakings.

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Boycott Pre- vention Ordinance, 191

2. In this Ordinance :--

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"Boycotting" means and includes the use of any words, the making, placarding or dissemination of any writings or the doing of any acts intend- ed or calculated to persuade or induce any per- son or persons

(4.) not to let, hire, usc, make use of or occupy any immovable or movable property in any lawful manner; or

(b.) not to deal with, trade with, work for or hire in any lawful manner any person or per- sous in the ordinary course of trade, business, occupation, employment or undertaking; or

(e) not to carry out or comply with the requirements of the Lan or

(d) to refuse to comply with or to inter- fere with the administration of the Lawt "Intimidation" includes any words or acts intended or calculated to put any person in fear of any injury or danger to himself, or to any member of his family, or to any person in his employ- ment, or in fear of any injury to or loss of pro- perty, business, employment, means of living or membership of or status in any society as defined in this Ordinance. "Person " includes any society

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Ordinance.

as defined in this

Society" includes any corporation, company, club, guild, or any combination or association of any kind whatsoever consisting of more than two persons whether such combination or associa- tion be known or,designated by any distinctive

bame or not.

3. Any person who shall be a member of or take part in any society which shall use violence, threat or intimida- tion to or towards any person or persons with the view of causing any person or persons either to do any act which such person or persons has or have a legal right to abstain from doing or to abstain from doing any act which such person or persons has or have a legal right to do shall be deemed to have committed an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance.

4. Any person who shall use violence, threat or intimi- committing dation to or towards any person or persons with the view of causing any person of persons either to do any act which such person or persons has or have a legal right to abstain from doing or to abstain from doing any act which such person or persons has or have a legal right to do shall be deemed to have committed an offence against the provi- sions of this Ordinance.

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