THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 20TH DEC., 1883.
any repeal or variation thereof, shall come into force until the same shall have been approved by the Governor in Council, and shall have been published in the Gazette.
10. Every person who shall commit a breach of any of the rules and regulations made in pursuance of this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction thereof, before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
11. In all proceedings before any Court, the rules and regulations in force for the time being under this Ordi- nance shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a copy of the Gazette in which the same shall be published and contained.
12. If the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall fail to make or vary such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Governor in Council are requisite for the protection of the rights of the inhabitants of the Colony, and for the prevention of injury to navigation, the Governor in Council shall make an order to be served upon the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns, limiting a time for the making or varying of such rules and regulations, and, if such rules and regulations are not made or varied by the time prescribed in such order, the Governor in Council may make, or vary, such rules and regulations, which, when made, or varied, and published in the Gazette, shall have the same force and effect as if they were specially enacted herein.
13. The said Catchick PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall, from time to time, cause to be painted on boards or to be printed and attached in large and legible characters in English and Chinese a statement of the rules and regulations in force, and shall cause such, boards containing such statement to be fixed on some con- spicuous part of the wharves or piers.
14. If, at any time before the completion of the works, the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, admi- nistrators or assigns shall fail to proceed therewith for a period of six consecutive months, or after the completion thereof, shall disuse the same, or any part thereof, for six consecutive months without affording to the Governor in Council some satisfactory reason for the discontinuance or disuse of the said works, (as the case may be) it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to abate and remove the same and restore the site thereof to its former condi- tion at the costs of the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns, and the amount of such costs shall be a debt due to the Government and recoverable against the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns accordingly.
15. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns, may, at any time, grant the right to construct and maintain all, or any, of the wharves and piers hereby authorised to be made, with or without receiving any valuable consideration therefor, and may sell, assign or absolutely dispose of the same, or any, or either, of them, when made, to such person, Corporation, or Company, by public auction, or private contract, with or without receiv- ing any valuable consideration therefor, and with, under, and subject to such terms and conditions in all respects as the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall think fit, with power at any such sale to fix a reserve price for, or buy in, the same, and, when any such grant, sale, assignment, or absolute disposal has been made, all the rights, powers, authorities, obligations, and liabilities of the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns in relation to the said wharves and piers the right to construct and maintain which shall so have been granted, or which shall have been sold, assigned, or absolutely disposed of, shall be vested in, and may be exercised by, the person, Corporation, or Company to whom the right to construct and maintain the same has been granted, or to whom the same have been sold, assigned or absolutely disposed of, and in reference to the same wharves and piers he or they shall be deemed to be the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns.
16. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns may, at any time, demise the wharves or piers, or any part or parts thereof, to such person, Corporation, or Company, for such term, or terms,
Penalty for breach of rules and regulations.
Proof of rules and regula- tions.
Governor in Council may make rules
and regula- tions in cer- tain event.
Rules and regulations to be painted and exhibited.
Power to Governor in Council to abate and remove works in certain events.
Power to sell.
Power to demise.
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