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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1897.
Penalties.
Penalty on dairyman allowing in- fected persons to milk animals or assist in the conduct of the
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changed or that the cause of the infection has been remov- ed: Provided always, that no dairyman shall be liable to an action for breach of contract, if the breach be due to an order from the Governor in Council made under this Ordinance.
4. Every person who shall refuse to permit any inspec- tion or examination authorised by this Ördinance, or who shall wilfully obstruct any authorised officer in carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, or who shall refuse or neglect to forthwith comply with or to carry out any order of the Governor in Council made under this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a daily penalty not exceeding fifty dollars a day so long as the offence continues.
5. Any dairyman who shall allow any person suffering from an infectious disease, or who has recently been in contact with a person so suffering, to milk cows, buffaloes or goats, or to handle vessels used for containing milk for sale, or in any way to take part or assist in the conduct of the trade of the dairy so far as regards the production, distribution, or dairy or reside storage of milk, or to reside in any part of the dairy that is used for the housing of the cattle or goats, or for the storage of milk, and any dairyman who, while he himself is so suffering, or has recently been in contact with any person suffering from an infections disease, milks cows, buffaloes or goats, or handles vessels containing milk for sale, or in any way takes part or assists in the conduct of his trade so far as regards the production, distribution, or storage of milk, or resides in any part of his dairy that is used for the housing of the cattle or goats or for the storage of milk, shall be liable, ou summary conviction before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars: Provided that it shall be a sufficient defence if such dairyman shall prove that he did not know, and had no reason to suspect, that he, or that such person, was suffering from an infectious disease.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 13th day of September, 1897.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 18th day of September, 1897. .
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 404.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1897.
NOTICE.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
A Special Session of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace will be held in the Justices' room, at the Magistracy, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the 5th day of October, A.D. 1897, for the purpose of considering the following applications:-
(1.) From one WM. FRANK COX, for the transfer of his Publican's licence to sell and retail intoxicating liquors on the premises situate at Nos. 12 and 13, Queen Victoria Street, under the sign of The Travellers Hotel, to one CHARLES AUGUST STUHLMANN.. (2.) From one GUSTAVE NEUBRUNN, for permission to remove his business as a licensed publican, now carried on under the sign of The Land We live in Hotel, at the premises known as No. 318, Queen's Road. Central, to the premises known as Nos. 332 and 334, Queen's Road Central, formerly occupied by him.
(3.) From one FREDERICK BISHOP, for the transfer of his Adjunct licence to sell and retail intoxicating liquors on the premises situate at house No. 2, Queen's Road Central, under the sign of The Grill Room, to one JAMES GOODCHILD.
Magistracy, Hongkong, 24th September, 1897.
H. E. WODEHOUSE, Police Magistrate.
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