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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26ти MAY, 1883.

Repeal.

Sanitary Board.

Members of the Board

Appointment of Officers.

Ruler

Overcrowded houses,

Power to enter house.

Removal of person suffering from Small-pos, &e,

Disinfecting premises.

A BILL

ENTITLED

Order and Cleanliness Amendment Ordinance,

B

1883.

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. Sections 10, 13, 14, and 15 of Ordinance 9 of 1867, are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered before the passing of this Ordinance,

2. The Governor may constitute a permanent Sanitary Board to exercise supervision and control over all matters connected with Sanitation in the Colony,

The Board shall consist of the Surveyor General, the Registrar General and the Colonial Surgeon for the time being, and of such other members not less than two in number as the Governor may from time to time appoint. The Governor may at his discretion remove any member so appointed.

The Governor may from time to time appoint and at pleasure remove such officers as the Board may require for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the Board and the laws relating to Sanitation.

Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Board may make and when made, revoke, add to, or alter rules for its own procedure and for the guidance and conduct of its officers.

3. If any member of the Sanitary Board, or any two resident medical practitioners shall certify to a Magistrate that any house is so overcrowded or is in such a filthy and unwholesome state as to be dangerous or injurious to the public health, the Magistrate shall issue a summons against the householder or his agent within the meaning of the "Victoria Registration Ordinance, 1866," by notice affixed to the house, to appear before the said Magistrate who shall thereupon make such order as he may think fit; and in case any order so made shall not be complied with by such householder or agent, within seven days from the making thereof, the said Magistrate may thereupon impose on the person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said order, a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and in default of payment, the person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said order may be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months.

4. Any member of the Sanitary Board may at any reasonable time enter, or may, upon complaint and after due enquiry, by writing under his hand depute an Inspector of Nuisances to enter any house and inspect the condition of the same; any person refusing to permit the said member of the Sanitary Board or the Inspector of Nuisances duly deputed by him, to enter and examine any such house shall, on conviction thereof béfore a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars or in default of payment, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding fourteen days.

5. Where any person is suffering from Small-pox or any other contagious or infectious disease and is without proper lodging or accommodation or is lodged in a tenement occupied by more than one family or is on board any ship or vessel a Magistrate may on the certificate of the Colonial Surgeon order the removal of such person to such suitable hospital or other like place as may be provided for the purpose.

6. Where any tenement has been occupied by any person affected with Small-pox or other infectious or contagious disease, the Colonial Surgeon may give notice in writing to the owner or occupier to disinfect and purify such tenement, in such manner and within such time as the Colonial Surgeon may direct, and if the person to whom notice is so given fails to comply therewith, he shall be liable on conviction thereof before a Magistrate to such fine as will in the opinion of the Magistrate suffice to cover the expense of disinfect- ing and purifying such tenement which fine shall be paid over to the Sanitary Board for the purposes of this Ordinance, and to a further penalty not exceeding five dollars for every day during which he continues to make default, and the Colonial Surgeon may cause such tenement to be disinfected and purified.