THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH FEBRUARY, 1882. 199
[L.S.]
J. POPE HENNESSY,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
No. 6 OF 1882.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled an Ordinance to amend Ordi- nance 6 of 1863. (Regulation of Chairs and Vehicles).
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[22nd February, 1882.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:-
Ordinance 6 of 1863 is hereby amended as follows that is to say.
Section 1. by adding at the end the words.
"Licenses under this Ordinance shall be for the carriage of passengers only and no holder of a license shall use his vehicle or chair for the carriage of animals, merchandize, or goods other than personal effects or baggage.”
"Every driver of a vehicle or bearer of a chair plying for bire must obtain a licence to act as such from the Registrar General."
Section 2. by substituting for the words "Every such licence" the words "Such licences."
Section 6. by inserting after the words "renewal of license" the words "and at anytime thereafter when the Registrar General so requires" and by inserting after the words "refuse a license" the words "or if a license has been granted to withdraw and forfeit the license."
Section 7. by adding after the word "Time" in the sixth line thereof the words 'or place."
Section 8. by adding at the end the words "no holder of a license shall loiter in the streets so as to cause obstruction, but when unemployed shall proceed forthwith to a stand, and range his vehicle or chair at the rear of any line of vehicles already standing there.
Section 12. by inserting after the words 'sitting or lying in a public vehicle or chair" the words and figures.
15. or refusing to submit his chair or vehicle for inspec- tion when required by the Registrar General.
16. or refusing to surrender his license when required
by the Registrar General.
17. or loitering in the streets so as to canse obstruction. 18. or behaving in a disorderly manner at any stand. 19. or carrying any animals, merchandize, or goods other than personal effects or baggage in his chair or vehicle."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 22nd day of February, 1882.
[L.S.]
ARATHOON SETU, Clerk of Councils.
J. POPE HENNESSY,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
No. 7 of 1882.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law with reference to Bankers' Books Evidence.
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[22nd February, 1882.]
HEREAS serious inconvenience may be occasioned to bankers and also to the public by reason of the removal of the ledgers and other account books from the banks for the purpose of being produced in legal proceed- ings; And whereas it is expedient to facilitate the proof of the transactions recorded in such ledgers and account books; be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
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