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ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845 . 171


Good Order and Cleanliness.


seven days where the penalty imposed shall not exceed five pounds, and not more than
fourteen days where the penalty imposed shall not exceed ten pounds, the imprisonment
to cease on payment of the sum due. [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of1862. ]
42. And be it further enacted and ordained , that in the construction Meaning of
the word
of this Ordinance, the word " Magistrate " shall be taken to mean and Magistrate.

include every assistant Magistrate, and also every Justice of the Peace
acting in and for any district or place within the Colony of Hongkong.
43. And be it further enacted and ordained , that in the construction General inter
pretation
of this Ordinance, unless there be something in the context repugnant clause.
thereto, any word denoting the singular number and male sex shall be

taken to extend to any number of persons or things and to both sexes .



Regulations under which Verandahs may be constructed in the City of Victoria
projecting over or supported upon any Road, Street, or Public
Thoroughfare the property ofthe Crown made the 28th
and gazetted 30th December, 1854.


Verandahs upon the Queen's Road extending from Hollywood Road, Taipingshan to the See sec. 3, 8-8. 5.
Albany Godowns may be supported upon stone or timber pillars which shall not be more than
twelve inches square, and so that a passage of not less than eight feet six inches may be kept clear
for the public between the wall of the house or premises and the inside face of the support or pillar
which shall range in an uniform manner with the edge or curb stone of the foot-path.
The height of the pillars shall not be less than eleven feet, upon which the joisting forming the
floor of the verandah may be placed, which is to be ceiled in the usual manner with planking
trellis-work or plaster to suit the taste of the builder, and the thoroughfare under the same is to be
kept free from any obstruction whatsoever, that the public may not be incommoded thereby.
The verandahs either upon the ground floor or upper stories shall be enclosed in no other
manner than by venetians at the upper portions of the pillars, for a depth of not more than five feet,
or so as to leave a clear space of seven feet six inches from the floor to the under-side of the same.
These verandahs upon any story shall not be used as bath-rooms, water-closets, nor for any
purpose whatsoever whereby the public may be inconvenienced.
The verandahs projecting over any other street or thoroughfare than the Queen's Road can
only be supported from the walls of the premises adjoining . The floor shall not be less than ten
feet in the clear from the surface of the foot - path , and the projection is to be equal to the width of
the same, and on no account will permission be given to enclose any portion except in the manner
detailed before for the Queen's Road.
The work is to be executed in a neat and substantial manner and to the perfect satisfaction of
the Surveyor General, who may at any time stop the progress of the work if he considers the same
any infringement upon the foregoing regulations ; and any person who wilfully neglects to make
such alterations or amendments as the said Surveyor General may direct will be liable to the
penalties described in Ordinance No. 14 of 1845 sec. 5.
Any further information with regard to the width of the verandahs in any street or thoroughfare
or upon any other matter connected therewith may be obtained upon a written application to the
Surveyor General.



NOTE. - See Ordinance No. 15 of 1889 Section 36 and Schedule B.