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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 31, 1918.

HONGKONG.

No. 8 OF 1918.

assent to this Ordinance.

LS

F. H. MAY,

Governor.

31st May, 1918.

An Ordinance to provide that with certain exceptions no person shall reside within the Peak District without the consent of the Governor in Council.

[31st May, 1918.]

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

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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Peak District Short title. (Residence) Ordinance, 1918.

2. In this Ordinance, "Peak District" means all Interpre- that area in the Island of Hongkong situated above the tation. 788 feet contour and to the west of a line drawn in a north and south direction through Middle or Cemetery Gap, including the hills known as Mount Cameron, Mount Gough, Mount Kellett, and Victoria Peak,

3.--(1.) Subject to the provisions of section 4 of this Ordinance, it shall not be lawful for any person what- soever to reside within the Peak District without the consent of the Governor in Council.

No

reside within the Peak District with-

person to

out the con-

(2.) Any such consent may be given so as to include sent of the the following persons :---

(a) the members of the family of the person to

whom the consent is given;

(b) persons bona fide employed by such person

in or about his residence; and

(r) bond fide visitors entertained gratuitously

by such person.

(3.) Any such consent may be revoked by the Gover- nor in Council at any time on six months notice in writing.

Governor in Council.

4. This Ordinance shall not apply to any of the Exemptions.

following persons :—

(a) members of His Majesty's Regular Naval or Military Forces stationed within the Peak District;

(b) members of the Hongkong Police Force

stationed within the Peak District;

(e) inmates of hospitals within the Peak Dis-

trict;

(d) visitors at hotels within the Peak District who do not reside within the Peak District for a longer period than one month at any one time and whose total time of residence within the Peak District does not exceed two months in any continuous period of twelve months;

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