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1968 ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1886 .


Religious Ceremonies.


festival or ceremony, or with any exhibition connected with any such ceremony or
festival. Provided always that this section shall not apply to any scaffolding of wood
or bamboo necessary for the removal of a dead body, if such scaffolding be removed
within forty- eight hours from the time of its erection .
Fireworks. 5. Except as by this Ordinance provided no person shall discharge, kindle, or let
off any firework in the city of Victoria or attempt to do so .

Theatricals. 6. No person shall advertise, notify, or carry on any Chinese theatrical performance
of a public nature unless an abstract of 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
notified or carried on.

Permits. 7. The Governor may from time to time authorise the issue 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, with proper precautions for safety
and for the extinction of fire.

(3.) The discharge of fireworks in suitable places in the city of Victoria or in
villages.

(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.
One person to 8. Permits for processions, theatricals, and other such acts as are to be joined in
be named.
by a number of persons shall be issued to 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.
Penalties. 9. Every person who commits an offence against this Ordinance shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or to imprisonment with or
without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months.

Repeals. 10. Section 22 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 is hereby repealed so far as it relates
to religious ceremonies or religious or theatrical entertainments, but not farther. The
following Ordinances or portions of Ordinances are also repealed :

No. 14 of 1845 ......Sec. 2, sub- sec . 12 , from the
words Provided always to
the end of the sub-section .
99 10 of 1872 ...... Sec. 2, sub - section 1.


[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 13 of 1888. ]