ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS

ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS

ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, sections 104 and 149)

[18 June 1920.]

1. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any
billposter or other person employed by him to affix or otherwise exhibit
any hoarding, notice board or poster used for the purpose of
advertising upon or against private property without the consent of the
owner or his representative and of the occupier, or upon or against any
railway without the consent in writing of the administrator of such
railway, or upon or against Crown property without the consent in
writing of the Director of Buildings and Lands, or except by virtue of
some other sufficient legal authority.

(2) In this by-law, 'railway' and 'administrator' have the same
meanings as in the Kowloon-Canton Railway Ordinance.

2. [Cancelled, L.N. 82/86]

3. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any
authorized agent to advertise any saleable commodity by means of any
lettering or device on any sail, flag, mast, spar, wood, awning or hull of
any vessel of any description in the waters of the Colony.

(2) This by-law shall not apply to any bumboat man bona fide
advertising his own name and trade and not advertising the saleable
commodities of another.

4. Nothing in these by-laws shall apply to any person acting, or to
any act done, under direction of the Government or of the naval, military
or air force authorities.

5. (1) No person shall-

(a)exhibit or allow to be exhibited any occulting sign on any
premises;

(b)exhibit or allow to be exhibited an occulting sign in any
premises in such a way as to be visible from outside the
premises.

(2) In this by-law, 'occulting sign' includes any sign whereby the
light thereof is cut off from view at regular or irregular intervals and any
sign which emits light suddenly or intermittently.
Note:These by-laws are deemed to have been made under section 104 of the
Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Chapter 132-see
section 149(1) of that Ordinance.





6. No person shall erect or exhibit or permit or suffer to be erected
or exhibited any advertisement which disfigures the natural beauty of
any scenery or affects injuriously the amenities of any locality.

7. [Cancelled, L.N. 82/86]

8. The projection of any advertisement from any premises, place or
spot to the sky, or to any other premises or place, or to any spot not
within or on the premises herein first mentioned, by reflection, or light
beam, or any other means of or similar to or comparable with magic
lantern or cinematograph projection, is prohibited.

Neon, etc., light signs

9. On the hoisting of the No. 5 or any storm signal above that
number, electric current supplying the transformers of neon signs
attached to the outside of any building shall be cut off and such current
shall remain cut off so long as any of the said signals remain hoisted.

10. Every person who proposes to erect or cause to be erected any
neon, electric or other similar light sign on or in any premises shall
notify the Director of Fire Services in writing before such sign is
erected.

11. No person shall erect or cause to be erected or allow to remain
on or in any premises occupied or used by him any such sign which
obstructs or renders less effective any fire-escape or other means of
escape in, on or from any building, or which interferes with road traffic.

12. Whenever it appears to the Director of Fire Services that any
neon, electric or other similar light sign is for any reason, including
inefficient maintenance, a source of serious risk of fire, it shall be lawful
for him, by notice in writing specifying the reason, to require the
removal of the sign. Within 7 days of the service of any such notice, the
person by or for whom the sign was erected and is maintained shall
cause the sign to be removed unless within such period of 7 days he
satisfies the Director of Fire Services, by remedying any defect or
otherwise, that the notice can safely be withdrawn.

13. In these by-laws, 'neon sign' means any arrangement of glass
tubing charged with neon, argon, helium or other inert gas which when
subjected to electrical pressure gives a bright glow, whether in the form
of letters, characters, model, device, border or outline, designed to
attract public attention to any building or place on or in which it may be
affixed.





Penalties and Citation

14. (1) Any person who contravenes by-law 1(1), 3(1), 5(1),
6, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 shall commit an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of $1,000.

(2) Upon conviction for an offence against any of the by-laws
mentioned in paragraph (1), an order may be made for the removal
of the advertisement.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with any such order shall
be liable to a fine of $25 for every day that he is in default and to
imprisonment for 3 months.

15. These by-laws may be cited as the Advertisements By-laws.
G.N. 342/20. G.N. 593/39. 16 of 1940 G.N.A. 87/51. G.N.A. 107/54 42 of 1961 L.N. 76/82. L.N. 82/86 L.N. 94/86. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86 16 of 1940, s. 7. (Cap. 99.) 16 of 1940, s.7. 16 of 1940, s.7. G.N.A. 107/54. G.N. 593/39. G.N.A. 87/51. L.N. 82/86.

G.N. 342/20. G.N. 593/39. 16 of 1940 G.N.A. 87/51. G.N.A. 107/54 42 of 1961 L.N. 76/82. L.N. 82/86 L.N. 94/86. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86 16 of 1940, s. 7. (Cap. 99.) 16 of 1940, s.7. 16 of 1940, s.7. G.N.A. 107/54. G.N. 593/39. G.N.A. 87/51. L.N. 82/86.

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