SUNG WONG T'OI RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1899

SUNG WONG T'OI RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1899

No. 6 of 1898, repealed by No. 4o of 1909.

No. 7 of 1898, repealed by No. 43 of 1912.

No. 8 of 1898, repealed by No. 9 of 19H...

1899.

No. 1 of 1899, incorporated in No. 2 of 1866, repealed
by No. 6 of 1929 and Law Rev. Ord., 1937.

No. 2 of 1899.

An Ordinanice to provide for the reservation of certain land
known as Sung Wong T'oi or Sung Wong T'ong.

[9th February, 1899.]

.1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sung Wong T'oi
Reservation Ordinance, 1899.

2.-(1) The piece of Crown land in Kowloon known as
Sung Wong T'oi 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 building
or other purposes, but shall be reserved as a place of popular
resort and of antiquarian interest: Provided, nevertheless, 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 or 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 good 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 monu-
ment, rock, memorial, or inscription which is on or upon any
land reserved under this Ordinance shall upon summary convic-
tion 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 exceeding one
month.
Regulations relating to reserved land. Penalty for injury to ancient monument.

Regulations relating to reserved land. Penalty for injury to ancient monument.

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