THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JANUARY, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 32.
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The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.
ARATHOON SETH,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 27th January, 1886.
Clerk of Councils.
BE
A BILL
ENTITLED
The Religious Ceremonies and Festivals
Ordinance, 1886.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. In the construction of this Ordinance the expressions the city of Victoria and Districts number 5 and 6 shall mean respectively the city of Victoria and Districts num- ber 5 and number 6 as defined by the Victoria Registration Ordinance No. 7 of 1866.
2. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall, in or upon any public street or road in Districts number 5 and 6 play any musical instrument, or beat any drum or gong in connection with any religious ceremony (except a funeral or marriage) or with any annual or other festival.
3. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall organise, equip, or take part in any procession in or upon any public street or road in the Districts number 5 and 6 with or without music. Provided always that this section shall not apply to any funeral or marriage processions, whether with music or without.
4. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall, in any town or village of the colony, or nearer to any building than 100 yards, erect any inflammable structure, awning, or decoration in connection with any religious or other festival or ceremony, or with any exhibition connected with any such ceremony or festival. Provided always that this section shall not apply to any scaffolding of wood or bamboo necessary for the removal of a dead body, if such scaffolding be removed within forty-eight hours from the time of its erection.
5. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall discharge, kindle, or let off any firework in the city of Victoria or attempt to do so.
6. No person shall advertise, notify, or carry on any Chinese theatrical performance of a public nature unless an abstract of the plot or nature of such performance shall first have been furnished to the Registrar General, who, on approving the same, may in his discretion issue a permit for such performance, without which permit no such per- formance shall be notified or carried on.
7. No person shall post up or exhibit, or cause to be posted up or exhibited upon any wall or in any public place any public notice or proclamation in the Chinese language without the permission of the Registrar General being first obtained, which permission the Registrar General may in his discretion refuse subject to an appeal to the Governor în Council. Every notice approved by the Registrar General shall be stamped by him with a stamp to be provided for the purpose.
8. No person shall tear down or deface, or cause to be torn down or defaced any public notice or proclamation bearing the Official seal of any Government Department of the Colony.
9. The Registrar General may, subject to snch instruc- tions as he shall from time to time receive from the Governor, issue permits for the following acts :---
(1.) Processions or music in Districts number 5 and 6 (other than funeral or marriage processions) at suitable hours and under suitable conditions. (2.) The erection in towns or villages of sheds or decorations of inflammable materials in suitable places, removed at least 100 yards from any building, and with proper precautions for safety and for the extinction of fire.
(3.) The discharge of fireworks in suitable places in
towns or villages.
(4.) Chinese public theatrical performances.
DoЯnition.
Music.
Processionɛ.
Sheds, c.
Fireworks
Theatricals.
Placards.
Defacing placards,
Permits.
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