PEAK DISTRICT (RESIDENCE) ORDINANCE, 1918

PEAK DISTRICT (RESIDENCE) ORDINANCE, 1918

No. 8 of 1918.
An Ordinance to provide that with certain exceptions no
person shall reside within the Peak District without
the covsent of tbe Governor in Council.

[31st May, 1918.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Peak District
(Residence) Ordinance, 1918.

2. In this Ordinance, Peak District means all 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 Canieron, Mount Gough, Mount Kellett,
and Victoria Peak.

3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of section 4, it shall not
be lawful for any person whatsoever to reside within the
Peak District without the consent of the Governor in Council.

(2) Any such consent may be given so as to include the
following persons:-

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.





(a) the members of the family of the person. to whom the
consent is given;

(b) persons bond fide employed by such person in or about
his residence; and
(c) bond fide visitors entertained gratuitously by such
person.

(3) Any such consent may be revoked by the Governor in
Council at any time on six months notice in writing.

4. This Ordinance shall not apply to any of the following
persons:-

(a) members of His Majestys regular naval or military
forces stationed within the Peak District;

(b) members of the Hongkong Police Force stationed with-
in the Peak District;

(c) inmates of hospitals within the Peak District;

(d) visitors at hotels within. the Peak District who do not,
reside within the Peak District for a longer period than one
month at any one tline and whose total time of residence
within the Peak District does not exceed two months in any
continuous period of twelve months;

(e) public chair coolies permitted by the Captain Super-
intendent of Police to ply for hire within the Peak District;
and

(f) contractors and labourers temporarily residing and
actually employed within the Peak District.

5. If it is made to appear to the Supreme Court that any-
thing has been or is being done by any person in violation
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.

No. 9 of 1918, repealed by No. 23 of 1919.

No.10 of 1918, repealed by Law Revision Ordi-
nance, 1924.
[Originally No. 8 of 1918. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. No person to reside within the Peak District without the consent of the Governor in Council. Exemptions. Contravention may be restrained by injunction.

[Originally No. 8 of 1918. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. No person to reside within the Peak District without the consent of the Governor in Council. Exemptions. Contravention may be restrained by injunction.

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