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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 29, 1919.
HONGKONG.
No. 14 or 1919.
I assent to this Ordinance.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Short title.
No person to reside in a certain portion of Cheung Chan with- out the consent of
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Officer Administering the Government.
29th August, 1919.
An Ordinance to provide that no person shall reside within the southern portion of the Island of Cheung Chau (otherwise known as Dumb-bell Island without the con- sent of the Governor in Council.
[29th August, 1919.]
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 Cheung Chau (Residence) Ordinance, 1919.
2.--(1.) It shall not be lawful for any person what- soever to reside without the consent of the Governor in Council within that portion of Cheung Chan (H) or Dumb-bell Island which is shown in green edging on a plan signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the the Governor Land Office and denoted on the ground by boundary
stones fixed for that purpose,
in Council.
Contraven-
restrained
(2.) Any such consent may be given so as to include 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
(c) bonâ fide visitors entertained gratuitously by
such person.
(3.) Any consent granted by the Governor in Council may be revoked by the Governor in Council at any time on six months notice in writing.
3. If it be made to appear to the Supreme Court that tion may be anything has been done by any person in violation or contravention of this Ordinance it shall be lawful for such Court to restrain such person by injunction from further continuing such violation or contravention.
by injunc-
tion.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 28th day of August, 1919.
A. D. BALL,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, the 29th day of August, 1919.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary.
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