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1120 [ 14 OF 1889.] PRISON ( AMENDMENT ).
( 15 OF 1889. ) BUILDINGS .


of section 17 of Ordinance 18 of 1885 , or who having duly
engaged and bound himself to serve as such officer absents
himself from his duties , or who being dismissed or permitted to
resign does not upon ceasing to belong to the service of the
prison deliver up all arms, accoutrements, and appointments
entrusted to him for the performance of his duty, shall, upon
summary conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate be liable
to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment
with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three
months ; and every sich offender shall forfeit all pay during
his imprisonment.
Construction ,
2. This ordinance shall be construed with and as part of
No. 18 of The Prison Ordinance, 1885.
1885.]




No. 15 OF 1889.
Title.
[ See No. 25
An Ordinance for amending the Laws relating to the
of 1891.] construction of Buildings in the Colony of Hongkong
[ 2nd May, 1889.)
Preamble .
W!HEREAS it is expedient to amend the* laws relating to
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buildings in this Colony :
Short title . 1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Buildd
ings Ordinance, 1889.
Repeal . 2. Ordinance No. 8 of 1856 is bereby repealed except as to
legal proceedings commenced before the passing of this ordi
pance , and except also as to buildings in course of construction
of which the enclosing walls shall have been carried higher than
the footings at the time of the commencement of this ordinance .
Every such building may be completed as if this ordinance had
not been passed. A building shall be deemed to be completed
after the roof shall have been covered in .
New build.
ings.
3. The provisions relating to the construction of buildings
except as hereinafter specially provided shall apply only to
buildings which are begin after the commencement of this ordi
nance , or of which the enclosing walls have not been carried
higher than the footings, or to such old buildings as shall for
the purposes of reconstruction be taken down to an extent
which in the opinion of the Surveyor General exceeds one half
(such half to be measured in cubic feet) and all buildings des
cribed in this section shall be deemed to be new buildings.