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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1899.

No. 2 OF 1899.

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 8 of 1870.

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HENRY A. BLAKE,

Governor,

[9th February, 1899.]

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 Short title. and Places Amendment Ordinance, 1899.

2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1870 is hereby Amendment' amended by inserting after the words "as aforesaid" and of sec. 4 of

before the words "10 eject" the following words, namely:

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to there and then, and without any warrant, summons, 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."

Ord. 8 of 1870.

of sec. 5 of

Ord. 8 of 1870.

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

"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 shall mention in the deposition that the defendant refused to disclose his name."

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 1st day of February, 1899."

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils,

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 9th

day of February, 1899.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Segretary.

No. 3 of 1899.

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

LS

HENRY A. BLAKE,

Governor.

[9th February, 1899.]

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 Short title. (*) reservation Ordinance, 1899.

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2. The piece of Crown land situate at British Kowloon, Reservation

of certain known as Sung Wong Toi (R) or Sung Woug

land at Tong (*), delineated and shown upon a plan British Kow- marked red, signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigued 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 by the Governor as a place of popular resort and of anti- quarian interest: Provided, nevertheless, that if at any time hereafter it appears to the Governor that it is necessary, in the interests either of the Imperial Government or of the Government of this Colony, that such land should be re- appropriated either wholly or in part, it shall be lawful for the Governor to re-appropriate such land or any part thereof and to use the re-appropriated land or allow it to be used for other purposes than those above mentioned. Notice of such re-appropriation shall be forthwith published in the Government Gazette.

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