CHEUNG CHAU (RESIDENCE) ORDINANCE, 1919

CHEUNG CHAU (RESIDENCE) ORDINANCE, 1919

No. 14 of 1919.

An Ordinance to provide that no person shall reside tuithin
the southern portion of the island of Cheung Chau
otherwise known as Dumb-bell Island without
the consent of the Governor in Council.

[29th August, 1.919.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Cheung Chau
(Residence) Ordinance, 1919.

2.-(1) It shall not be lawful for any person whatsoever to
reside without the consent of the Governor in Council within
that portion of Cheung Chau or Dmmb-bell Island
which is shown in green edging on a plan signed by the
Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor
and deposited in the Land Office and denoted on the ground
by boundary stones fixed for that purpose.

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

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

(b) persons bona^ fide employed by such person in or about
his residence; and

(c) bona^ fide visitors 'entertained gratuitously by such
person.

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

3. If it is made to appear to the Supreme Court that
anything has been done by any person in violation or contra-
vention of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for such court
to restrain such person by injunction from further continuing
such violation or contravention.

No. 15 of 1919 and No. 16 of 1919, repealed by
Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.
[Originally No. 14 of 1919.] Short title. No person to reside in a certain portion of Cheung Chau without the consent of the Governor in Council. Contravention may be restrained by injunction.

[Originally No. 14 of 1919.] Short title. No person to reside in a certain portion of Cheung Chau without the consent of the Governor in Council. Contravention may be restrained by injunction.

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