FORESTRY REGULATIONS

FORESTRY REGULATIONS

FORESTRY
FORESTRY REGULATIONS.
(Cap, 96).
(Ordinance No. 11 of 1937).
[30th July 1937.]
1. These regulations may be cited as. the Forestry Regulations.
2. No person shall without lawful excuse sell, offer for sale, or have
in his possession or under his custody or control any portion of any of
the following plants-

NAME. ENGLISH. CHINESE. ROMANISED
CHINESE.

1. Asplcnl'lltin Birds'-nest Tseuk Chau.
nidus Fern Mong or
Ngau Lei
Mong
2. Camellia, All Camellia Kok Chung
species Heung Kong
C h'a Fa
Chinese Tiu Chung
quinqueflorus New
Year
Flower
4. Gardenia florida Gardenia Pak Shim
5. Illicium All Star-anise Kok Chung
species Hong Kong
Pat Kok-
6. Iris speculatrix Hong Yuen Mi Lan
Kong I ris
7. Ixora chinensis Ixora Lung Shuen
Fa
8. Lagerstroemia Crape Kok Chung
All species Myrtle Heung Kong,
Tse Mi





NAME. ENGLISH. CHINESE. ROMANISED
CHINESE.

9. Lilium Brownii Lily Shan Pak Hop
var. Colchesteri
10 Litsea. citrata Litsea Wong Tang
(cubeba) Fa
11. Magnolia, All Magnolia Kok Chung
species Yuk Lan
Ye Hop
12. Manglietia Magnolia Heung Kong
Fordiana Yuk Lan
13. Michelia Magnolia Heung Kong
Maudiae Hom Siu
14. Orchid All Orchid Kok Chung
species Lan Fa
15. Pavetta indica Pavetta Sha Yip Fa
(sinica)

16. Platycodon Chinese Kat Kang
grandiflorus Bell
flower or
Hong
Kong
Harebell
17. Poupartia Fordii Hog-plum Sze Ngan Tsai
18. Rhapis Ground Tsung Shu
flabelliformis Rattan
Cane

19. Rhodoleia Rhodoleia Yeung Tiu
Championi Chung
20. Rhododendron, Azalea Kok Chung
All species To Kun

21. Tutcheria Tutcheria Ts'at Ch'a Shu
spectabilis





3. The foregoing regulation shall not apply to the following
(a)whole plants which were grown outside the Colony and which
were imported into the Colony, as whole plants ;
(b)portions of plants which were grown in private gardens and
which were picked with the consent of the owner or occupier
of such gardens.

4. Except with the consent in writing of the Forestry Officer, and in
accordance with such consent, no person shall keep goats.

5. Every request for the consent referred to in the foregoing
regulation shall be in writing and shall state the maximum number of
goats proposed to be kept, and whether the goats will be kept and fed
within fenced or enclosed private premises, or tethered therein,
exclusively, or will or may r ange or wander beyond private premises.
Such further particulars as may be required by the Forestry Officer shall
be furnished to him.

6. It shall be lawful for the Forestry Officer, in any consent given
by him under these regulations, to limit and prescribe areas within which
the applicant's goats may range or wander for food, to attach conditions
to the consent, and also, without prejudice to the provisions of
regulation 8, to limit the duration of the consent.

7. Every person who, being a grantee of a consent as aforesaid, is
required by law to obtain a licence or permit from the Urban Council, or
other authority, to keep the goats to which the consent relates shall
transmit such consent to such authority with any application for such
licence or permit.

8. It shall be lawful for the Forestry Officer, at any time, to withdraw
any consent given by him under these regulations if, in his opinion, the
goats to which the consent relates have injured or are likely to injure
trees, shrubs, or other plants on unleased Crown land, or if, in his
opinion, injury to such trees, shrubs or other plants has been or is likely
to be done to provide the goats with food.





9. Every owner of goats, and every person having charge of
goats, shall take all steps necessary to prevent such goats from
doing injury to trees, shrubs, or other plants on any unleased
Crown land other than within the area (if any) limited and
prescribed as aforesaid for the ranging and wandering of his
goats for food.

10. The area known as Prohibited Area No.1
shown on a map deposited at the office of the
Forestry Department and thereon marked 'Mount Collison
Forestry Reserve' is declared a prohibited area under subsection
(i) of section 12 of the Ordinance.

11. The area containing approximately 550 acres, situate
between Kowloon Reservoir and the Kowloon-Canton Railway
near Shatin, shewn on a map deposited at the office of the
Forestry Department and thereon marked 'Prohibited area for
cultivation of tung oil trees', is declared a prohibited area under
subsection (i) of section 12 of the Ordinance.

12. (1) Any person who acts in contravention of regulation 2
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two
hundred and fifty dollars.

(2) It shall be lawful for a magistrate to forfeit any severed
plant or portion of a plant regard to which any contravention of
regulation 2 shall have been committed.
Ord. 11 of 1937, s. 3, First Schedule. G.N. 744/37. Ord. 6/48. G.N.A. 2/49. G.N.A. 75/51. G.N. 744/37.
[r. 2 cont.]
Ord. 6/48, s. 6. Ord. 6/48, s.6. Ord. 6/48, s.6. Ord. 6/48, s.6.
Ord. 6/48, s.6. G.N.A. 2/49. G.N.A. 75/51.

Ord. 11 of 1937, s. 3, First Schedule. G.N. 744/37. Ord. 6/48. G.N.A. 2/49. G.N.A. 75/51. G.N. 744/37.
[r. 2 cont.]
Ord. 6/48, s. 6. Ord. 6/48, s.6. Ord. 6/48, s.6. Ord. 6/48, s.6.
Ord. 6/48, s.6. G.N.A. 2/49. G.N.A. 75/51.

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