THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 2, 1931. 667
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(b) "Seditious matter has the same meaning as in the Seditious Publications Ordinance, 1914, and seditious utterances means utterances which if reduced to writing would be seditious matter.
PREVENTION OF DISORDER.
16. The Governor in Council shall have power to proscribe within the Colony, for the purposes of these regulations, any organization whatsoever, whether such organiza- tion be within or without the clony, which in the opinion of the Governor in Council is an organization which has among its aims, or is being used for, the promotion of a general strike, or of disorder of any kind, or of the spread of sedition, within the Colony. Any association which has been previously proscribed under any regulation repealed by these regulations shall continue to be proscribed.
17. No person shall do any act in furtherance of the objects of any such proscribed organization.
18. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any badge, ticket or document, or any other thing whatsoever, which purports to have been, or which appears to have been, issued by any such proscribed organization, whether before or after such proscription, or which purports to be, or which appears to be, or which appears to be intended as, evidence of membership of, or any authority from, or any association with, any such proscribed organization.
19. No person shall do any act in furtherance of the promotion of a general strike, or of disorder of any kind, or of the spread of sedition, within the Colony.
20. No person shall utter any newspaper, book or other document containing any matter which is seditious matter as defined in the Seditious Publications Ordinance, 1914, and no person shall say anything which if reduced to writing would be seditious matter as so defined.
21. It shall be lawful for any police officer to seize any thing whatsoever which may appear to belong to, or to be connected with, or to be intended to be used for the pur- poses of, any proscribed organization, and it shall be lawful for a magistrate, upon such notice (if any) as he shall think fit, to order any such thing to be forfeited. Any thing so forfeited shall be disposed of in such manner as the Inspector General of Police may direct.
NEWSPAPERS, ETC.
22. No person shall print, publish, or distribute any newspaper, placard or pamph- let containing any matter in the Chinese language (other than a bona fide trade adver- tisement) which has not been previously submitted to and passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, nor shall any person print, publish or distribute any news-sheet in the Chinese language as an extra, nor shall any person post up any placard purporting to contain in the Chinese language any portion of the contents of any newspaper, or any announcement relating to the contents of any newspaper, unless the printing, publishing or distribution of such extra or the posting up of such placard has been authorised and unless the form and arrangement as well as the matter contained in such extra and pla- card has been previously approved by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or any Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
23. No person shall import, print, publish, reproduce, have in his possession or under his control, post up or distribute any newspaper, placard, pamphlet, writing or pictorial representation calculated or tending to persuade or induce any person or per- sons, whether individually or as members of the general public --
(1) to refrain from dealing with, trading with, working for or hiring any person or persons in the course of trade, business, occupation, or employment; (2) to do any act calculated or tending to cause a breach of the peace; (3) to interfere with the administration of the law or with the maintenance of
law and order.
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