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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1914.

Definition.

Power to

Governor to prescribe landing places for aircraft

coming into Colony from

outside Colony.

Power to compel compliance when aircraft

disobeys signal.

2. In this Ordinance, “Aircraft" means and includes any airship, aeroplane, hydroplane or balloon whether navigable, dirigible or otherwise.

3.-(1.) The Governor shall have power by order to prescribe such place or places in the Colony within which aircraft coming from any place or ship outside the Colony or the waters of the Colony are to land and any other con- ditions to be complied with by such aircraft, and if any person contravenes any of the provisions of any such order he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on sum- mary conviction to a fine not exceeding 2,000 dollars and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, unless he proves that he was compelled to commit such contravention by reason of stress of weather or other cir- cumstances over which he had no control,

(2.) If without the permission required by section 2 of the Principal Ordinance an aircraft flies or attempts to fly over or above any portion of the Colony or of the waters of the Colony or in the case of an aircraft coming from any place or ship outside the Colony or the waters of the Colony fails to comply with any of the conditions as to landing which may be prescribed by an order made under the last foregoing sub-section, it shall be lawful for any officer, designated for the purpose by regulations made by the Governor, to cause such signal as may be prescribed by those regulations to be given, and, if, after such signal has been given, the aircraft fails to respond to the signal by complying with such regulations as may be made by the Governor prescribing the action to be taken on such a signal being given, it shall be lawful for the officer to fire at or into such aircraft and to use any and every other means necessary to compel compliance, and every and any such officer and every other person.acting in his aid and by his direction shall be and is hereby indemnified and discharged from any indictment, penalty, action, or other proceeding for so doing.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of May, 1914.

M. J. BREEN,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 8th - day of May, 1914.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG,

No. 13 of 1914.

An Ordinance to provide for the public lighting of the Colony and for the protection of the appliances used in connection therewith.

I assent to this Ordinance.

LS

F. H. MAY,

Governor.

[8th May, 1914.]

Short title.

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 eited as the Public Lighting Ordinance, 1914.

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