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Places of Public Entertainment.

PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT.

PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT

REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 172, section 7). (Ordinance No. 22 of 1919).

[CAP. 172

Regulations- Fraser, vol. 3, p. 882.

G.N. 680/41.

G.N. 509/46.

G.N. 655/47.

[3rd August, 1934.]

1.

Citation and Interpretation.

These regulations may be cited as the Places of Public Entertainment Regulations.

2. For the purposes of these regulations-

"premises" means any place kept or used or intended to be kept or used for public entertainment under a licence or licences granted under the Ordinance, and includes (Cap. 172.) any means of ingress or egress for the purposes of and in connexion with such place, and in cases in which such place consists of a part or parts only of a building includes also any other part or parts of such building used or intended to be used for the purposes of and in connexion with such public entertainment; "licensing authority" means the officer or authority by whom licences may be issued under the Ordinance, and in respect of any issued licence means the officer or authority by whom the licence was issued, and includes any officer or authority for the time being entitled to cancel, renew or otherwise deal with any such licence.

PART I.

PERMANENT AND SEMI-PERMANENT BUILDINGS IN THE ISLAND OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON, AND BUILDINGS IN ANY PART OF THE COLONY SPECIALLY DESIGNED AS THEATRES AND CINEMAS.

Applications for licences.

1. (1) The Commissioner of Police is and shall be the officer or authority by whom licences under this Part may be issued.

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Licences.