MARKETS ORDINANCE, 1867

MARKETS ORDINANCE, 1867

Markets.

No. 6 of 1867.

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 9 of 1858.

[22nd May, 1867.]

'WHEREAS it is expedient to amend Ordinance No. 9 of 188, and to make
further
provision for the letting of buildings, shops and stalls in the maryets,
arid the
granting of privileges to slaughter cattle and other incidental matters:
13e it enacted
by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as
follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as 'The Markets Ordinance 1867.'

2. Sections 12 and 20 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 are hereby repealed :
Provided
that every act duly done and every instrument duly made or granted before
this
Ordinance comes into operation shall continue and be of the same force
and effect as
if the said sections bad not been repealed; and that every action,
prosecution, and other
proceeding which shall have been commenced before this Ordinance conies
into operation
or shall thereafter be commenced in respect of any such matter or thing
may,.Pe pro-
secuted, continued, and defended in the same manner as if this Ordinance
bad not been
passed. .

3. All the powers and authorities vested in the Surveyor General by
Ordinance
'No. 9 of 188, except such as relate to the erection, alteration and
maintenance of
buildings as provided by sections 5 and 17 of the said Ordinance shall
from and after
the commencement of this Ordinance be vested solely in the Registrar
General and for
that purpose Ordinance No. 9 of 1858, shall except as to the two sections
aforesaid be
read as if the words. Registrar General were inserted therein in lieu of
the words
Surveyor General.
3rude of letting
houses, &c., in
markets.

alaaghter houses
to be provided,
and privilege of
slaughtering
how granted.

Penalty on
parson not com-
plying with
section 16 of
Ordinance fl of
Iafis.

ORDINANCE vTo. 5 of 1867.

Markets.

4. All houses, shops, lane, or other tenements in markets shall be let by
the
Registrar General either by public tender or private contract for such
rent,, 'smium,
or consideration and for such period and upon such conditions as shall
frc-time to
time be fixed by the Registrar General with the approval of the Governor
in Council.

5. A sufficient number of fit and proper slaughter houses to meet the
require-.
menu of the Colony shall be provided by.the Government and it shall be
lawful for
the Governor in Council to grant to any person or persons the sole
privilege of
slaughtering cattle within the Colony or within any particular district
or locality therein,
for such rent, premium, or consideration and for such period and upon
such conditions
as shall be deemed expedient.

loftnition of
expression
'District of
Victorte'In
Ordinance No.
a of lass.

Ordinance no.
>) of 1858 to be
construed with
this Ordinance.

If lessee, s;e. g. In case the lessee or tenant of any house, shop, Ian,
or other tenement under
breaks condition
ofhieholding section 4 of this Ordinance or the grantee of a privilege to
slaughter cattle under the

as to repairs,

unimonedybe last preceding section shall fail to comply with any condition
of his holding or grant
before Maqfa-
irate, as to the execution of any repairs or other works whatever, the
Surveyor General may
' summon such lessee, tenant, or grantee before a Magistrate who tray
summarily order
him to execute such repairs or other works within a reasonable time to be
specified in
such order and in case he shall not comply with such order within such
time as afore-
said, or within such further time as the Court rosy allow he shall be
guilty of a misde-
meanor and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.

7. Every person being at tile time of the passing o£ this Ordinance a
lessee or
tenant of any shop, Ian or stall who shall not within one month after the
commence-
ment of this Ordinance have complied with the provisions of section 15 of
Ordinance,
No. 9 of 1858 and every person hereafter becoming such lessee or tenant
as aforesaid
who shall fail to comply with the said provisions shall be liable on
summary conviction.
to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than
twenty-five, and upon
every such conviction the Registrar General may summarily cancel and
determine the
lease ox tenancy of such ,person.
$. The expression 'District of Victoria' in Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 shall
mean
the nine districts of the City of Victoria established and defined by
section 3 of the
'Yictoxia Registration Ordinance 1866' and shall extend to and include
such other
localities in the Colony as the Governor in Council may from time to time
direct and
as shall be signified by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
9. This Ordinance and so much of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 as is not hereby
repealed, shall be construed together and for all requisite purposes
shall be deemed and

taken as one Ordinance.
When to came 10. This Ordinance shall commence and tale effect on such day
as shall hereafter-
.into operation.
be fixed by proclamatioii~under'tli# hand of the Governor.

[ha force from 10th, June, 1867, under Proclamation 8th June, 1867.
Repealed by-
Ordin2ance No. 17 of 1887.]
NoTr.-.For conditions for the letting of Market Buildings made 3011a
April, 188, and
aFproved by the Governor in Council on the 7th hltxy: see Gazette 8th
May, 1886
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Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Sections 12 and 20 of Ordinance 9 of 1858 repealed.
Powers transferred to Registrar General except &c.
942
Mode of letting houses, &c., in markets.
Slaughter houses to be provided, and prililege of slaughtering how granted.
If lessee, &c. breaks condition of his holding as to repairs, &c., he may be summoned before Magistrate.
Penalty on person not complying with section 15 of Ordinance 9 of 1858.
Definition of expresion 'District of Victoria' in Ordinance No. 9 of 1858.
Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 to be construed with this Ordinance.
When to come into operation.

941

Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Sections 12 and 20 of Ordinance 9 of 1858 repealed.
Powers transferred to Registrar General except &c.
942
Mode of letting houses, &c., in markets.
Slaughter houses to be provided, and prililege of slaughtering how granted.
If lessee, &c. breaks condition of his holding as to repairs, &c., he may be summoned before Magistrate.
Penalty on person not complying with section 15 of Ordinance 9 of 1858.
Definition of expresion 'District of Victoria' in Ordinance No. 9 of 1858.
Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 to be construed with this Ordinance.
When to come into operation.

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