PEAK DISTRICT RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1904

PEAK DISTRICT RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1904

no. 4 of 1904.
An Ordinance for the reservation of a residentlial area in
the Peak District.

[15th July, 1904.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the. Peak District
Reservation Ordinance, 1904.

2. In this Ordinance, Peak District meansall that area
in the Island of Hongkong situated above the 788-feet
contour and to the west of a line drawn in a north and south
direction through Middle or Cemetery Gap, including the
hills known as Mount Cameron, Mount gough, Mount Kellett
and Victoria Peak.

3. It shall not be lawful (save in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance) for any owner, lessee, tenant,
Or ocelipier of any land or building within the Peak District
to let such land or building or any part thereof for the
purpose of residence by any but non-Chinese, or to permit
any but non-Chinese to reside on or in such land or
building,

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
exempt any Chinese,from the operation of this Ordinance
on such terms as the governor in Council shall think fit.

5. This Ordinance shall not apply to servants of the
residents in the Peak District living on the premises of their,
employers, to licensed chair coolies -and jinrikisha coolies
plying for hire In stich. district, to contractors or labourers
temporarily residing and actually employed in such district,
to inmates of hotels or hospitals in such district, or to
visitors at the house of any resident in the said district.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by Law Rev, Ord., 1924. See also No. 8 of 1918.

6. If it be made to appear to the Supreme Court that
anything has been or is being done by any person in viola-
tion or contravention of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful
for such court to restrain such person by injunction from
further continuing such violation or contravention.
[s. 7, rep. no. 12 of 1912.]
[Originally No.4 of 1904. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretaion. Lands or houses in Peak District not to be let for purposes of residence by Chinese. Power of exemption. Application of Ordinance. Contravention may be restrained by injunction.

[Originally No.4 of 1904. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretaion. Lands or houses in Peak District not to be let for purposes of residence by Chinese. Power of exemption. Application of Ordinance. Contravention may be restrained by injunction.

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