480 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 13TH JUNE, 1883.
[L..S.]
G. F.
BoWEN.
No. 7 of 1883.
Repeal.
Sanitary Bosrd.
Members of the Board.
Appointment ol Officers.
Rules
Overcrowded houses.
Power to enter house.
Removal ol
person
suffering from Small-pox, &C.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Order and Cleanliness Amendment Ordinance, 1883.
[13th June, 1883.]
it cnacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
Badvice 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 Sections 10, 13, 14, and 15 of Ordinance 9 of 1867, are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered before the passing of this Ordinance.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 a Sanitary Inspector and Inspector of Nuisances and 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 as defined by the Victoria Registration Ordi- nance, 1866, or his agent, 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 7 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 $50, and in default of payment, the person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said order may be imprisoned for any term not exceeding 3 months.
4. If any Inspector of Nuisances or any other person reports to the Sanitary Board concerning any house or tenement that he has reason to believe:
(a.) that such house or tenement or any of the arrange- ments therein or connected therewith are in such an unwholesome or defective state as to be or to be likely to become a source, of danger to the in- habitants or neighbours, or
(b) that the Sanitary Conditions prescribed by or under authority of law are not fulfilled in respect of the said bouse or tenement or of any of the arrangements therein,
the Sanitary Board may in its discretion by order in writing authorize an Inspector of Nuisances to enter such house or tenement and inspect the condition of the saine,
The Inspector of Nuisances shall on demand produce and show the order to any person being or claiming to be the occupier of such house or tenement.
Any person refusing to permit the Inspector of Nuisances so duly authorized to enter and inspect any house or tene- ment shall on conviction thereof before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding $10 or in default of pay- ment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 14 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 certifiente of the Colonial Surgeon
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