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246 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1899.

Power to make Regulations. Penalty for breach. Publication.

Penalty for injury to ancient monument, etc.

Short title.

Amendment of sec. 5 of Ord. 9 of 1893.

Amendment

of sec. 6 of Ord. 9 of 1893.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council, from time to time, to make such regulations as he may deem expedient for the maintenance of good order in the said reserved land, and for the preservation, management, and use thereof, and for the enjoyment thereof by the public, and to annex to the breach of any such regulations penal- ties not exceeding twenty-five dollars in respect of each such breach. Any such penalty may be sued for and recovered summarily under the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890. All such regulations shall be published in the Gazette and thereupon shall have the force of law.

4. If any person injures or defaces any ancient monu- ment, rock, memorial, or inscription, which is on or upon any land reserved or appropriated under this Ordinance as a place of popular resort and of antiquarian interest, then such person shall, on summary conviction before a Police Magistrate, be liable at the discretion of such Magistrate to one of the following penalties, (that is to say),-

(1.) To pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and in addition thereto to pay such sums as the Magistrate may think just for the purpose of repairing any damage which has been caused by the offender; or (2.) To be imprisoned with or without hard labour for

any term not exceeding one month.

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.

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J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

No. 4 or 1899.

An Ordinance to amend The Dogs

Ordinance, 1893.

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 Dogs Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1899.

2. Section 5 of Ordinance 9 of 1893 is hereby amended as follows:-

(1.) By striking out the words, "under penalties not

exceeding ten dollars."

(2.) By inserting between the words, "dogs may be," and the words, "kept in this Colony," the following words, namely, "imported into or ;" and also (3.) By substituting in place of the words, "kept or allowed to go abroad, otherwise," the following words, namely, "which may be imported, kept, or allowed to go abroad, otherwise."

3. Section 6 of Ordinance 9 of 1893 is hereby amended by substituting in place of the words "by a fiue not exceed- ing ten dollars and with imprisoument in default of pay- ment," the following words, namely, "with a fine not exceed- ing one hundred dollars and in default of payment thereof with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour."

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 Secretary.