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No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901
"Hill-side" means the face of the natural hill, or the face of scarp or retaining-wall built to support the same, or any artificial filling in or terracing with earth behind such scarp or retaining wall, made with the object of supporting a street or forming a site for a building:
"Householder" means the actual tenant or occupier of any building, or, in any case where there is no such person, then the immediate landlord of such building, and in the case of any corporation, company, or association, the secretary or manager thereof, shall be deemed the householder, and shall be liable under this Ordinance. "Keeper of a common lodging-house" means any person licensed to keep a common lodging-house:
"Kowloon" includes New Kowloon:
"New building" includes any building begun after the commencement of this Ordinance, and any building begun before the commencement of this Ordinance and which is in course of construction, at the time of such commencement, and any existing building hereafter altered to such an extent as to necessitate the removal of the roof and the reconstruction of at least one-half of any two of its main walls, and any existing building hereafter raised to such an extent that its total height exceeds one and a half times the original height of the building. For the purposes of this definition, "main walls" mean either external or party walls. It also includes the conversion into a domestic building of any building not originally constructed for human habitation and the conversion into more than one domestic building of a building originally constructed as one domestic building only:
"New Kowloon" means that portion of the New Territories which is delineated and shown upon a plan marked "New Kowloon", signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office of this Colony:
"New Territories" means the additional territories acquired by this Colony under the provisions of a Convention, dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, for the enlargement of the limits of this Colony, including the City of Kowloon:
"Owner" or "Occupier" means any person in actual occupation of any premises, includes any person holding premises direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence, or otherwise, and also any person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, solely or as joint-tenant or tenant in common with others, or receiving the rent of any premises whether on his own behalf or on that of any other person; and, where no such owner as above defined can be found or ascertained, the occupier; and, for the purposes of this Ordinance...
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No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901
"Hill-side >>
means the face of the natural hill, or the face of scarp or retaining-wall built to support the same, or any artificial any filling in or terracing with earth behind such scarp or retaining wall, made with the object of supporting a street or forming a site for a building:
Householder" means the actual tenant or occupier of any build- ing, or, in any case where there is no such person, then the immediate landlord of such building, and in the case of any corporation, com pany, or association, the secretary or manager thereof, shall be deemed the householder, and shall be liable under this Ordinance 'Keeper of a common lodging-house" means any person licensed to keep a common lodging-house:
"Kowloon" includes New Kowloon :
"New building" includes any building begun after the commence- ment of this Ordinance, and any building begun before the com mencement of this Ordinance and which is in course of construction, at the time of such commencement, and any existing building here; after altered to such an extent as to necessitate the removal of the roof and the reconstruction of at least one-half of any two of its main walls, and any existing building hereafter raised to such an 'extent that its total height exceeds one and a half times the original height of the building. For the purposes of this definition, "main walls "
mean either external or party walls. It also includes the conversion into a domestic building of any building not originally constructed for human habitation and the conversion into more than one domestic building of a building originally constructed as one domestic building only :
"New Kowloon" means that portion of the New Territories which is delineated and shown upon a plan marked "New Kowloon, signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office of this Colony:
"New Territories
"Owner
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mean the additional territories acquired by this Colony under the provisions of a Convention, dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, for the enlargement of the limits of this Colony, including the City of Kowloon:
Occupier" means any person in actual occupation of any premises includes any person holding premises direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence, or otherwise, and also any per son for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, solely or as joint-tenant or tenant in common with others, or receiving the rent of any premises whether on his own behalf or on that of any other person; and, where no such owner as above defined can be found or ascertained, the occupier; and, for the purposes of this
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