SUNG WONG TOI RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1899

SUNG WONG TOI RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1899

No. 1 of 1899,
no. 1 of 1899, incorporated in no. 2 of 1866

no. 2 of 1899

an ordinance to provide for the reservation of certain
land known as sung wong toi or sung wong tong

[9th February, 1899]

1. this ordinance may be cited as the sung wong toi
reservation ordinance, 1899.

*As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

2.-(1), The piece of Crown land in Kowloon known as
sung wong toi or sung wong tong ,
delineated and shown upon a plan marked red, signed by the
Director of public works and countersigned by the Governor
and'deposited in the Land Office, shall not be let for build-
ing or other purposes, but shall be reserved as a place of
popular resort. and of antiquarian interest: Provided, never-
theless, that if at any time hereafter it appears to the
Governor that it is necessary, in the interests either of the
Imperial Government or of the Government of this Colony,
that such land should be re-appropriated, either wholly or in
part. it shall be lawful for the Governor to re-appropriate
such land of any part thereof, and to use it or allow it to be
used for other purposes than those above mentioned.

(2) Notice of such re-appropriation shall be forthwith
published in the Gazette.

3. It shall be lawful for the governor in council to make
regulations for the maIntenance of ggood order in the said
reserved land, and for the preservation, management, and
use thereof, and for the enjoyment thereof by the public,
and to annex to the breach of any such regulations penalties,
on summary conviction, not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

4. Every person who injures or defaces any ancient
monument, rock, memorial, or inscription which is on or upon
any land reserved under this Ordinance shall upon summary
conviction be liable either to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars,
and, in addition thereto, to pay such sum as the magistrate
may think just for the purpose of repairing any damage
which has been caused, or to imprisonment for any term not
[Originally No. 3 of 1899. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Reservation of certain land at Kowloon for popular resort, etc. Regulations relating to reserved land. Penalty for injury to ancient monument.

[Originally No. 3 of 1899. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Reservation of certain land at Kowloon for popular resort, etc. Regulations relating to reserved land. Penalty for injury to ancient monument.

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