14 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1844 .
Good order and cleanliness.
No. 5 of 1844.
Title. An Ordinance for the preservation of good order and cleanliness within
the Colony of Hongkong .
[ 20th March, 1844. ]
Preamble. HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the preservation of good order and
W cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong, be it therefore enacted by His
Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,
Any person that if any person, after the passing and publication of this Ordinance, shall throw, or
throwing filth
into any street or
drain ; 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 matter whatsoever on any of
Neglecting to the roads, streets, ways or public passages , or into any of the drains or sewers made or
clean street,
drain, or house ; to be made within the said Colony, or shall permit or suffer any such noisome or offen
sive substance as aforesaid to remain exposed in any drain, sewer, or elsewhere, opposite
to or within the immediate neighbourhood of his house, or shall allow any accumulation
Committing nui of filth or offensive substances within the premises occupied by him, or shall commit.
sance; Obstruct
ing public road;
any nuisance by easing himself, or otherwise, in the neighbourhood of any dwelling
house or place of public passage, or shall set out or leave, or cause to be set out or left,
any scaffolding, carriages, bricks, lime, barrels, bales or cases of merchandize, or any
other matter or thing which shall obstruct, incommode, or endanger any person or
Constructing in carriage in any public passage or road, or shall erect any shed, or house of matting, or
flammatory
buildings; other easily inflammable material, so as in case of fire to endanger any neighbouring
Encroaching on
road or Crown building, or shall encroach on any public way or Crown land , by erecting any building,
land; Neglecting
to remove either on or projecting over the same, or shall construct any spout which shall project
ruinousbuildings;
the rain water thereon, or shall neglect to repair or remove any building, erection , or
bank of earth in a ruinous or unsafe state, and which shall endanger any person on
Throwing ballast any public passage or road, or shall cast or throw any ballast, rubbish, or other sub
into or not remov
ing sunken ves
sels in the har stance, either from the shore or from any vessel into the harbour of Victoria , or shall
bour: Riding or
driving on a foot neglect, within a reasonable time, to remove any sunken vessel in the said harbour,
path, or in a
furicus manner
and not keeping belonging to him, or in his charge or keeping, or shall ride or drive on any foot- path
the right side;
Keeping savage without obvious necessity, or shall ride or drive in a furious manner in any public road,
dogs or other
animals; or in passing or mecting another horse or carriage shall not keep to the customary side
of the road, or being a foot passenger shall not keep as much as possible on the foot
path , or shall keep any dog accustomed to annoy passengers by barking or otherwise,
or shall not properly confine any dangerous or savage dog or other animal belonging
to him, or shall blow any horn, beat any gong or drum, or explode any firework or
Making improper
noises near any firearm , or shall make any other improper noises likely to endanger, annoy, or terrify
road or in the
night-time; any persons or horses in any public road or passage, or shall commit such or other
Exposing for sale
unwholesome
provisions; acts anywhere whatsoever in the night-time, so as to create unnecessary alarms, or if
any person shall expose or proffer for sale in any market, or elsewhere, any liquor,
meat, fish, vegetable, or other article of food in a tainted, noxious, adulterated or
Selling spirits
without licence unwholesome state, or shall sell any spirituous liquor, without being duly licensed , or
or to drunken
person; to any intoxicated person, or shall commit any act of mischief, by destroying, defacing,
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