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Legislative Council to approve bye-laws. Definition of nuisance.
ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887. Public Health.
15. All bye-laws made by the Board under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall not take effect until approved by the Legislative Council. And all such bye-laws, when so approved, shall be published in the Government Gazette in English and Chinese and shall have the same force of law and be equally binding and valid, as if they had been contained in this Ordinance.
16. The word Nuisance as used in this Ordinance shall include:-
1. Any failure to supply, or any inadequate or defective provision of drain, drain-trap, ventilating-pipe, subsoil-drainage, or cess-pool accommodation, or any building or part of a building so dark, or so ill-ventilated as to be dangerous, or prejudicial to the health of the inmates.
2. Any street or road, or any part thereof, or any water-course, nullah, ditch, gutter, side-channel, drain, ashpit, sewer, privy, urinal, or cess-pool so foul as to be noxious, or noisome, or unhealthy.
3. Any water-course, well, tank, pool, pond, canal, conduit, or cistern, the water of which, from any cause, is so tainted with impurities, or so unwholesome as to be injurious to the health of persons living near, or using such water, or which is likely to promote or aggravate epidemic disease.
4. Any stable, cow-house, pig-sty or other premises for the use of animals, which is in such a condition as to be injurious to health.
5. Any accumulation, or deposit of stagnant water, sullage-water, manure, dirt, house-refuse, or other matter, wherever situated, which is unhealthy.
6. Any noxious matter, or waste waters, flowing or discharged from any premises, wherever situated, into any public street, road, or into the gutter or side-channel of any street, or road, or into any nullah, or water-course, or the bed thereof.
7. Any manufactory, trade, or business of a noxious, noisome, or unhealthy nature.
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Legislative Council to
approve bye-laws.
Definition of umisance.
ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887.
Public Health.
15. All bye-laws made by the Board under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall not take effect until approved by the Legislative Council. And all such bye-laws, when so approved, shall be published in the Government Gazette in English and Chinese and shall have the same force of law and be equally binding and valid, as if they had been contained in this Ordinance.
16. The word Nuisance as used in this Ordinance shall include:-
1. Any failure to supply, or any inadequate or defective. provision of drain, drain-trap, ventilating-pipe, subsoil- drainage, or cess-pool accommodation, or any building or part of a building so dark, or so ill-ventilated as to be dangerous, or prejudicial to the health of the inmates.
2. Any street or road, or any part thereof, or any water-course, nullah, ditch, gutter, side-channel, drain, ashpit, sewer, privy, urinal, or cess-pool so foul as to be noxious, or noisome, or unhealthy.
3. Any water-course, well, tank, pool, pond, canal, conduit, or cistern, the water of which, from any cause, is so tainted with impurities, or so unwholesome as to be injurious to the health of persons living near, or using such water, or which is likely to promote or aggravate epidemic disease.
4. Any stable, cow-house, pig-sty or other premises for the use of animals, which is in such a condition as to be injurious to health.
5. Any accumulation, or deposit of stagnant water, sullage-water, manure, dirt, house-refuse, or other matter, wherever situated, which is unhealthy.
6. Any noxious matter, or waste waters, flowing or discharged from any premises, wherever situated, into any public street, road, or into the gutter or side-channel of any street, or road, or into any nullah, or water-course, or the bed thereof.
7. Any manufactory, trade, or business of a noxious, noisome,
or unhealthy nature.
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