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REGULATION OF CHINESE . [ 13 OF 1888. ] 1033

26. No person shall advertise, notify, or carry on any Chinese Theatricals.
theatrical performance of a public nature unless an abstract of [9 of 86, 6. ]
the plot or nature of such performance shall first have been
furnished to the Registrar General, who may in his discretion
issue a permit for such performance , without which permit no
such performance shall be advertised , notified, or carried on .
27. The Governor may from time to time authorise the issue Permits.
( 9 of 86 , 7. ]
of permits for
( 1. ) Processions or music in the City of Victoria (other
than funeral or marriage processions) at suitable
hours and under suitable conditions.
( 2. ) The erection in the City of Victoria or in villages of
cloth - covered sheds or decorations in suitable places, [ See No. 15 of
with proper precautions for safety and for the 1889,8. 58.)
extinction of fire .
( 3. ) The discharge of fireworks in suitable places in or
near the City of Victoria .
( 4. ) Chinese public theatrical performances.
All such permits shall be issued in such manner and on such
conditions as the Governor may direct. The Governor may
at any time cancel or withdraw any such permit.
28. Permits for processions, theatricals, and other such acts One person to
as are to be joined in by a number of persons shall be issued to be[9 named.
of 86, 8.)
one person only by name, the words and others being added
after such person's name. The person so named shall be
responsible for the due observance of all the conditions of the
permit, and shall, if so required , furnish such security for the
observance of such conditions as the Governor may direct.
CHAPTER VI .
29. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time Power to
to time to direct that any district or street in Victoria, or any Governor
Counciltoin
part thereof be enclosed by means of gates or otherwise, and enclose parts .
that all ingress or egress in or out of the same be prohibited at ofthe
of 66city
, 16.]
such times and for such period and in such manner as to the
Governor in Council shall seemn fit.
Night Passes.
30. No Chinese , without reasonable excuse, the proof of Chinese to
which shall lie upon him , shall be at large within the City of have .passes at
Victoria between 9 P.M. and sunrise or between such hours of [14 of 70, 4 &
the night as may from time to time be fixed by any order of 26. ]
the Governor in Council without a valid pass under this ordi
nance , This section is applicable to women as well as to men .