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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1868.

As to commencement and alteration of Buildings.

Four Days' Notice to be given before

XXXV. No New Buildings or Works shall be commenced until properly pre- pared Plans have been submitted to and approved by the Governor, and such Plans shall not be altered in any respect without similar permission.

XXXVI. It shall not be lawful for any Person to commence or (in the case of any works, the progress whereof shall have been for a period exceeding Three Months suspended) to resume any Works, other than Works of like nature as are excepted suspended for above in Section VII, until Four Days' written Notice of the intention to commence or

commencing or (in the case of works

Three Months) resuming works.

Penalty for every default.

Except in case of

inevitable necessity. In which case notice

to be given within Two Days after commencing or

resuming the Works.

As to Sheds for Workmen.

As to occupation of pathway.

Mat sheds over Buildings.

Works to be liable in certain cases to be

abated as a Nuisance.

Contracts made or executed contrary to

resume the same shall have been given unto the Surveyor General at his Office by the Person by or for whom such Works are intended to be commenced, or resumed, and every such Notice shall specify the material particulars of the said intended Works, and any Person commencing or resuming any Works without having first given such Notice as aforesaid to the Surveyor General, or before the expiration of Four Days from the giving thereof, shall for every such default forfeit and pay to Her Majesty a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars nor less then Ten Dollars; except where any inevitable accident or emergency shall have occurred to make it necessary to commence or resume any Works inmediately, in which case only, it shall be lawful to commence or resume the same, yet so as that written Notice thereof and of the material particulars of such Works shall within Two Days after commencing or resuming the same be given by the Person by or for whom the same were so commenced or resumed unto the said Surveyor General at his Office aforesaid.

XXXVII. The erection of Sheds for Workmen shall be allowed only on the written permission of the Surveyor General, and a separate permit will be given for each Shed stating the size allowed and the Sheds must in all cases, if within 100 yards of any building, be made of Timber Planking and roofed with Tiles, and no Bamboo Leaf Roofing will on any account be allowed for such purpose.

XXXVIII. During the erection or repairs of any Building leave will be granted on written application for the occupation of the pathway by enclosing it with hoarding, both for protection of passers-by and for the convenience of the Contractor and in cases where there is no pathway or margin a width of 10 feet will be allowed.

XXXIX. On notice under Section XXXVI being sent to the Surveyor General, of intention to commence or resume any Works, it shall be necessary to state whether a temporary Matshed over the proposed Building is required, and to obtain leave in writing from him for the erection of the same.

XL. In cases where any penalty shall have been incurred under the provisions of the Five Sections next immediately preceding, or where the Surveyor General shall be refused admittance to any tenement for the purpose of surveying or inspecting any Works thereon or therein commenced, resumed, or in progress, the said Works shall be liable to be abated as a Nuisance.

XLI. All Contracts hereafter to be made for Works contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, void. this Ordinance shall be null and void, and it shall not be lawful to execute in contra- vention of the said Provisions any Contracts heretofore made for Works and in force at the passing of this Ordinance, unless the same have heretofore received the sanction of the Surveyor General.

Double Police Rates

illegally constructed,

XLII. Over and above all other penalties and liabilities by this Ordinance imposed, to be paid for Building the Owner of every Building constructed, reconstructed, or altered in contravention of &c., until abatement. this Ordinance shall pay in respect of the same a periodical Police Rate of double the amount to which, but for such contravention he would have been liable in respect of the said Building, yet so as that if the same shall be abated, diminished, or removed under the provisions of this Ordinance, the said Owner shall cease to be liable to pay any such Police Rate in respect thereof.

Saving of Crown remedies.

Every House to have a Cooking Place and Ashpit.

Penalty,

XLIII. No remedies for breaches of Contract committed by Crown Lessees or others now vested in the Crown or its Officers shall be prejudiced by this Ordinance.

XLIV. It shall not be lawful to construct, reconstruct, or (if now in the course of construction or reconstruction) to complete any House without a sufficient and safe Place for lighting of fires and cooking of Food, and a sufficient Ashpit furnished with proper Doors and Coverings which shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, and from time to time emptied and cleansed, at such periods as the Surveyor General may direct; and every Person offending against any of the enactments in this Section contained shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay to the Crown a penalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars nor less than Ten Dollars.