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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1921.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 433.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under Section 3 of the Licensing Ordinance 1887, Ordinance No. 8 of 1887, this 13th day of October, 1921.

1. The following regulation published on page 346 of "The Regulations of Hong- kong 1914" is hereby repealed: -

"From and after the 1st October, 1909, the form of a Hawker's Licence shall be as given hereunder, and the fees to be paid on such licence, its period, and conditions shall be as described thereon".

2. The regulation No. 1 and form of licence made by the Governor in Council under Section 3 of the said Ordinance on the 21st day of June, 1917, and published in the Gazette on the 22nd day of June, 1917, as Government Notification No. 285 are hereby repealed.

3. On and after the first day of October, 1921, there shall be two classes of hawkers' licence namely: -

1. Hawkers Stallholders Licence

2. Hawkers Itinerant Licence

the forms of such licences shall be those in the forms A and B in the first schedule hereto.

4. The annual fee of a Hawker's stallholders licence shall be $24 payable to the Captain Superintendent of Police on the first day of October provided that when any licence is granted after the first day of October in any year a proportionate part of such fee at the rate of $2 per month or part thereof during the current year of such licence only shall be payable.

Every Hawker's stallholders licence shall expire on the 30th day of September following the date when it was granted, but may on its expiration be renewed for further periods not exceeding one year at a time at the discretion of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

5. The conditions of every Hawker's stallholders licence shall be those set out in the second schedule hereto.

6. The fee and the conditions of very itinerant hawker's licence shall be those specified in the Conditions of Hawkers licences published on pages 346 to 356 of "The Regulations of Hongkong 1914" as amended by the Conditions made by order of the Governor in Council under Section 3 of Ordinance 8 of 1887, on the dates hereunder mentioned and as hereby amended :---

Date of Order in Council.

Nature of Amendment.

Government Notification

No.

22nd July,

1915

Amendment of Condition 4

334 of 1915

4th November, 1915

9

490 of 1915

30th December, 1915

1

567 of 1915

""

""

13th July,

1916

""

(Taikoktsui Market)

309 of 1916

21st June,

1917

12

""

and form of licence

285 of 1917

25th July,

1918

8

""

10th October,

1918

(Shamshuipo Market)

""

279 of 1918

8

""

(Central Market)

391 of 1918

8th January,

1920

8

""

(Mongkok Market)

13 of 1920

13th July,

1920

8

""

(Taikoktsui Market)

406 of 1920

25th November, 1920

8

""

(Hunghom Market)

576 of 1920

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1921.

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7. The following words shall be inserted immediately above Condition No. 1 on page 346 of the said regulations:----

Conditions of Itinerant Hawkers Licence”.

8. Condition No. 1 of the said Conditions published on page 346 of the said regula- tions is hereby amended by deleting the word "This

deleting the word "This" and substituting therefor the

word "The ".

9. Condition No. 4 of the said Conditions published on pages 347 of the said regula- tions as amended by the Governor in Council on the 22nd day of July, 1915, published in the Gazette on the 23rd day of July, 1915, as Government Notification No. 334 as further amended by the Governor in Council on the 30th day of December, 1915, published in the Gazette on the 31st day of December, 1915, as Government Notification No. 567, is hereby repealed and the following condition substituted therefor:

4. Hawkers are not permitted to use or utter cries or make other noises for the purposes of buying or selling their goods or of attracting attention to their trade or wares in the following roads, streets and areas :-

1. City of Victoria:

(4.) In Bonham, Caine and Upper Albert Roads and the areas to

the south thereof.

(5.) Within an area bounded, on the north by the Harbour, on the south by Bonham, Caine and Upper Albert Roads, on the east by a line commencing at the junction of Upper Albert Road and Garden Road and running through Garden Road, Queen's Road East and Arsenal Street to the Harbour, and on the west. by a line commencing in Caine Road running through Old Bailey, Cochrane Street, Lyndhurst Terrace, Wellington Street, Wyndham Street and Pedder Street to Blake Pier, and includ- ing the whole of the roads and streets mentioned above. (.) Kennedy Road, Macdonnell Road and Bowen Road.

(d.) Wanchai Road from Burrows Street to the junction with Tin Lok Lane, Tin Lok Lane, Morrison Gap Road and Leighton Hill Road.

2. In the Hill District: -

The whole of the Hill District.

3. Kowloon :-

The area to the south of and including Austin Road.

10. The following Conditions shall be added to the Conditions of an itinerant hawker's licence :—

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13. No person shall hawk any wares between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4

a.m. without the permission of the Captain Superintendent of Police".

14. "No person shall have any wares or implements for hawking in any street as defined by Section 6 of Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. without the permission of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

13th October, 1921.

S. B. B. McELDERRY,

Clerk of Councils.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1921.

Licence No..

FIRST SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

Audit No.

POLICE OFFICE, HONGKONG

HAWKERS STALLHOLDERS LICENCE

(Ordinance No. 8 of 1887)

Date of Issue

Name of Licensee.........

Address

Licensed to sell....

For Photograph to be embossed before issue.

of.....

is hereby licensed to kawk on the site allotted to him/her at

192

subject to the conditions of a Hawkers

Stallholders licence until the 30th day of September, 192.

and for the further periods

endorsed hereon.

Fee $24

per

D

1

1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1921.

Licence No.....

FORM B.

HAWKERS ITINERANT LICENCE.

(Ordinance No. 8 of 1887)

POLICE OFFICE, HONGKONG.

Date of Issue........

of..

Audit No..

192

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is hereby licensed to hawk subject to the conditions of a Hawkers Itinerant licence until the 30th day of September, 192

Fee $4.00.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Conditions of Hawkers Stallholders Licence.

All the Conditions 1 to 14 which are Conditions of an Itinerant Hawker's Licence except Conditions Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 12 thereof and with the addition of the following Conditions:-

1. Licensees are not permitted to use or utter cries or make other noises for

the purpose of buying or selling their wares.

2. No complete stall shall exceed in dimensions 6 feet in length and 3 feet in breadth. No shelves shall be allowed above the stall and not more than 2 bars on which articles may be hung.

3. Licensees are not allowed to sell or expose for sale Kerosine, Gunpowder,

Fire Crackers or any description of dangerous goods.

4. The Licensee is not permitted to use more than two stalls together with one

basket for refuse.

5. No Licensee is permitted to place his stall or anything pertaining to his business within 10 feet of any storm water drain or to obstruct any side channel.

6. Licensees have no claim to the pitches where they are allowed to squat and may be removed therefrom and the licence cancelled when considered necessary by order of the Captain Superintendent of Police. In such cases the licensee may, if he has committed no breach of any of the conditions of his licence, be refunded a proportionate part of the fee paid for the unexpired period of the licence.

7. No licensee will be permitted to squat on any recognized pitch on any

Chinese New Year Day and the following day.

8. Licensees are only permitted to sell articles of such a nature as shall be

specified in their licences.

9. Every licensee shall on being granted a licence be supplied with a card containing his photograph and such particulars of his licence as the Captain Superintendent of Police may from time to time direct. Such card shall be kept exhibited on the stall in a conspicuous place to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

10. Every licensee shall produce his licence on the request of any Police Officer.

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