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ORDINANCES Nos . 13 AND 14 OF 1845 . 153


Ghaut Serang- Lascars. Good Order and Cleanliness .


4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that no master or owner of any vessel No lascar to be
shipped until the
shall ship or receive on board his or their vessel any lascar, until the Harbour Master Harbour Master
shall have
inspected him
shall have inspected him, and attached his the Harbour Master's signature to the and signed the
shipping agree
shipping agreement of every such lascar ; and that every such master or owner so ment.
shipping a lascar seaman without such signature so attached shall for each offence be
liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars.

5. And it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that all penalties imposed by Penalties
recoverable in a
this Ordinance shall be recoverable in a summary manner before the Marine Magistrate summary
manner before
the Marine
of the said Colony, and be applied to the public purposes thereof. Magistrate.



[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1852. ]




No. 14 of 1845.


An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 5 of 1844, entitled " An Title.
Ordinance for the Preservation of Good Order and Clean

liness within the Colony of Hongkong and its Depen

dencies," and to make other Provisions in Lieu thereof.


[ 26th December , 1845. ]

THEREAS it is expedient to repeal Ordinance No. 5 of 1844 , enti Preamble.
WHE [For con
tled , An Ordinancefor the Preservation ofgood Order and Cleanliness struction of
the Ordinance
within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and to make other see Ordinance
provisions in lieu thereof : No. 12 of
1856.]
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Ordinance
No. 5 of 1844
Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council there repealed .
of, that from and after the passing of this Ordinance the said recited Or
dinance shall be, and the same is , hereby repealed .

2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person shall Prohibiting
nuisances in
be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds , who, within the Colony thorough
fares.
of Hongkong, shall in any thoroughfare or public place, or adjacent
thereto, commit any of the following offences ; that is to say :

1. Every person who shall throw or lay, or cause, or knowingly
permit to be thrown or laid, any carrion , dirt, soil, straw, or

dung, or any other filth , rubbish, or noisome or offensive mat