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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28 JANUARY, 1899.

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Short title.

Amendment of sec. 4 of Ord. 8 of

1870.

Amendment

of sec. 5 of

Ord. 8 of

1870.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 8 of 1870.

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 Public Buildings and Places Amendment Ordinance, 1899.

2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1870 is hereby amended by inserting after the words as aforesaid " and before the words "to eject" the following words, namely

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to there and then, and without any warrant, summous, or other legal process, stop, seize, apprehend and detain any person committing a breach of any regulation made under this Ordinance, and to take such person before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with according to law, or else "

and by substituting for the word “therefrom” the words "from any such public buildings, gardens, or other places."

3. Section 5 of Ordinance 8 of 1870 is hereby amended by adding at the end of such section the following sentence, namely

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"If any such person shall refuse to disclose his name, it shall and may be lawful to proceed against him summarily by a description of his person and the offence only, without adding any name or designa- tion, but in such case the Police Magistrate sball mention in the deposition that the defendant refused to disclose his name."

Objects and Reasons.

The object of the amendment to Ordinance 8 of 1870 which is contained in section 2 of this Ordinance is to con- fer power upon a constable, custodian, watchman, or keeper to arrest and detain on the spot without any warrant, sum- mons, or other legal process, any person found committing a breach of any regulation made under Ordinance 8 of 1870.

The object of the amendment contained in section 3 of this Ordinance which is founded upon a portion of section 78 of the English Highways Act, 1835, is to remove any doubts as to the way in which a Magistrate ought to deal with a person who obstinately refuses to give his name and address.

HENRY E. POLLOCK,

Aoting Attorney General,

Short title.

Reservation of certain land at

loon.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to provide for the reservation of certain land at British Kowloon known as Sung Wong Toi (E) or Sung Wong Tong (宋王堂).

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 Sung Wong T'oi (*) reservation Ordinance, 1898.

2. The piece of Crown laud situate at British Kowloon, known as Sung Wong Toi (E) or Sung Woug British Kow- Tong (*), delineated and shown upou a plan marked rod, signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office of this Colony, shall not be let for building or other purposes, but shall be henceforth reserved or appropriated