ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1872.
Nuisances.
No. 2 of 1872.
An Ordinance to prevent certain Nuisances.
[5th April, 1872.]
WHEREAS the laws hitherto in force have failed to prevent effectually certain nuisances in the city of Victoria: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, who within the city of Victoria, shall in any street, thoroughfare, or public place, or in any place adjacent thereto, commit any of the following offences, that is to say:
(a) Every person who shall use or cause to be used noisy or creaking wheelbarrows, or any other noisy, dangerous, or annoying vehicle or machine whatever.
(b) Every person who shall wilfully set fire to any cracker or other firework, without previous permission to do so from the Superintendent of Police.
(c) Every person who, contrary to any regulations to be published from time to time by the Governor in Council, shall rough dress or cause to be rough dressed, granite or any other stone whatever, for the erection of any building or any other purpose.
2. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars who shall use or utter cries for the purpose of buying or selling any article whatever, or who shall make any noise whatever, with the object of disposing of or attracting attention to his goods, wares or trade, within any district or place not permitted by some regulation of the Governor in Council.
3. It shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to take into custody without warrant, any person who shall commit any such offence within view of any such constable; or if such offence shall not have been committed within view of any such constable, then upon complaint of any party who shall have been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to the commission of any such offence; and in the absence of any such constable, it shall be lawful for the party so injured or annoyed, or who shall have seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he be given into the custody of such constable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate.
4. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars who shall utter shouts or cries or make other noises while playing the game known as Chai-mui, between the hours of 11 P.M. and 6 A.M. within any district or place not permitted by some regulation of the Governor in Council.
5. Every person who without special permission from the Governor, shall carry on or conduct the noisome, dangerous and offensive trade of boiling paint oil with seed, or any noisy, noisome, dangerous, offensive, or noxious trade or business, to the annoyance, detriment or danger of any other person or of any contiguous buildings or premises,
Title.
1123
Preamble.
Nuisances in thoroughfares and places adjacent thereto.
Penalty for using street cries.
Offences how to be dealt with.
Penalty for playing Chai-mui at night.
Boiling oil and offensive or dangerous trades.
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ORDINANCE No. 2 or 1872.
Nuisances.
No. 2 of 1872.
An Ordinance to prevent certain Nuisances.
[5th April, 1872.]
HEREAS the laws hitherto in force have failed to prevent effectually certain nuisances in the city of Victoria: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, who within the city of Victoria, shall in any street, thoroughfare, or public place, or in any place adjacent thereto, commit any of the following offences, that is to say:
(a) Every person who shall use or cause to be used noisy or creaking wheelbarrows, or any other noisy, dangerous, or annoying vehicle or machine whatever.
(b) Every person who shall wilfully set fire to any cracker or other firework, without previous permission to do so from the Superintendent of Police.
(c) Every person who, contrary to any regulations to be published from time to time by the Governor in Council, shall rough dress or cause to be rough dressed, granite or any other stone whatever, for the erection of any building or any other purpose.
2. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars who shall use or utter cries for the purpose of buying or selling any article whatever, or who shall make any noise whatever, with the object of disposing of or attracting attention to his goods, wares or trade, within any district or place not permitted by some regulation of the Governor in Council.
3. It shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to take into custody without warrant, any person who shall commit any such offence within view of any such constable; or if such offence shall not have been committed within view of any such constable, then upon complaint of any party who shall have been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to the commission of any such offence; and in the absence of any such constable, it shall be lawful for the party so injured or annoyed, or who can be shall have seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he given into the custody of such constable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate. 4. Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars who shall utter shouts or cries or make other noises while playing the game known as Chai-mui, between the hours of 11 P.M. and 6 A.M. within any district or place not permitted by some regulation of the Governor in Council.
5. Every person who without special permission from the Governor, shall carry on or conduct the noisome, dangerous and offensive trade of boiling paint oil with seed, or any noisy, noisome, dangerous, offensive, or noxious trade or business, to the annoyance, detriment or danger of any other person or of any contiguous buildings or premises,
Title.
1123
Preamble.
Nuisances in thoroughfares and places adjacent thereto.
Penalty for using street cries.
Offences how to be dealt with,
Penalty for playing Chai-mni at night.
Boiling oil and offensive or dangerous
trades.
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