212
Title.
Preamble.
No market to be established without the Governor's permission.
Markets shall be licensed.
Licence, how taken out.
Markets to be under the superintendence of the Chief Magistrate of Police, &c.
Markets to be built of stone, &c., after an approved plan.
Markets built of wood and requiring repairs to be re-built of stone, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1847.
Markets.
No. 1 of 1847.
An Ordinance for Licensing Markets and for preventing Disorders therein.
[30th January, 1847.]
WHEREAS it is expedient, with a view to prevent disorders and preserve peace and tranquillity in the markets already established, or hereafter to be established in the said Colony, that certain provisions should be made for the regulation thereof:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the passing of this present Ordinance, whoever shall erect, build, or establish any market in the said Colony for the sale of meat, flesh, fish, fowl, corn, grain, vegetables, provisions, or any other articles of trade which are usually exposed for sale in markets, without first having obtained the permission of His Excellency the Governor, shall be liable to the penalty hereinafter provided, and the said market or buildings so erected, built, or established without such permission, shall be pulled down and removed by the Police as a public nuisance.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which markets are now held, already erected, built, and established in the said Colony of Hongkong, shall be licensed, and the owners or proprietors of such markets or buildings are hereby required to take out such licence within fifteen days after the passing of this Ordinance, under the penalty hereinafter mentioned for each and every day that such markets or buildings in which markets are held as aforesaid shall be opened for the sale of provisions and other articles as hereinbefore mentioned; and that every such licence shall be obtained from and granted by the Colonial Secretary upon such conditions and under such restrictions, whether pecuniary or otherwise, as His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall think proper to impose.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which markets are held shall be under the immediate superintendence of the Chief Magistrate of Police, who is hereby required to take all requisite measures to prevent disorders and to preserve peace and tranquillity therein.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every market or building for the holding of markets, hereafter to be built, erected, or established, shall be erected, built, and established of stone or brick, according to a plan to be approved of by the Surveyor General.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that whenever the markets or buildings wherein markets are now held, already erected, built, or established, shall become dilapidated, in want of extensive repairs, or shall require to be re-built, such markets or buildings shall be re-built of stone or brick according to a plan to be approved of by the Surveyor General.
212
Title.
Preamble.
No market to be established with- out the Gov. ernor's permis- sion,
Markets shall be licensed.
Licence, how taken out.
Markets to be under the super- intendence of
the Chief Magis- trate of Police, &c.
Markets to be
built of stone, &c., after an approved
plan.
Markets built of wood and requir-
ing repairs to be re-built of stone, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1847.
Markets.
No. 1 of 1847.
An Ordinance for Licensing Markets and for preventing Disorders therein.
[30th January, 1847.]
W
"HEREAS it is expedient, with a view to prevent disorders and preserve peace
and tranquillity in the markets already established, or hereafter to be estab lished in the said Colony, that certain provisions should be made for the regulation thereof:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the passing of this present Ordinance, whoever shall erect, build, or establish any market in the said Colony for the sale of meat, flesh, fish, fowl, corn, grain, vegetables, provisions, or any other articles of trade which are usually exposed for sale in markets, without first having obtained the premission of His Excellency the Governor, shall be liable to the penalty hereinafter provided, and the said market or buildings so erected, built, or established without such permission, shall be pulled down and removed by the Police as a public nuisance.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which markets are now held, already erected, built, and established in the said Colony of Hongkong, shall be licensed, and the owners or proprietors of such markets or build- ings are hereby required to take out such licence within fifteen days after the passing of this Ordinance, under the penalty hereinafter mentioned for each and every day that such markets or buildings in which markets are held as aforesaid shall be opened for the sale of provisions and other articles as herein before mentioned; and that every such licence shall be obtained from and granted by the Colonial Secretary upon such conditions and under such restrictions, whether pecuniary or otherwise, as His Excel- lency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall think proper to impose.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which markets are held shall be under the immediate superintendence of the Chief Magistrate of Police, who is hereby required to take all requisite measures to prevent disorders and to preserve peace and tranquillity therein.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every market or building for the holding of markets, hereafter to be built, erected, or established, shall be erected, built, and established of stone or brick, according to a plan to be approved of by the Sur- veyor General.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that whenever the markets or buildings wherein markets are now held, already erected, built, or established, shall become di- lapidated, in want of extensive repairs, or shall require to be re-built, such markets or buildings shall be re-built of stone or brick according to a plan to be approved of by
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