PUBLIC MARKET (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

PUBLIC MARKET (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

PUBLIC MARKET (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

By-law Page
1. Citation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
2. Application ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
3. Interpretation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
4. Hours of opening and closing of markets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
5. Business restricted to stall tenants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
6. Letting of market stalls ... ... ... ... ... ...---... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
7. Electric equipment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 2
8. Prevention of litter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...---... ... BR 3
9. Prevention of obstruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...---- - BR 3
10. Prevention of nuisances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 3
11. Prevention of spitting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR 3

12. Dressing of poultry and game ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... BR 3
13. Prevention of certain persons carrying on business, etc. in markets ... .. 1 ... BR 3

14. Offences and penalties ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BR4
15. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought ... ... ... BR 4





PUBLIC MARKET (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, section 80)

[11 November 1960.1

1. These by-laws may be cited as the Public Market (Urban
Council) By-laws.

2. These by-laws apply to the Urban Council area only.

3. In these by-laws, unless the context other,.Jse requires-

'Council' means the Urban Council;

'market' means a public market;

',stall' means a stall in a market.

4. (1) The Council may, from time to time, prescribe by
notice conspicuously posted in any market the hours during which
such market shall be open or closed to the public.

(2) No person shall, except. with lawful authority or excuse,
enter or be in any market at any time when such market is closed
to the public.

5. (1) No person shall carry on any business in a market
unless he-

(a)is the tenant of a stall or the authorized servant or agent of
such a tenant;

(b)is the legal personal representative of such a tenant or the
authorized servant or agent of such legal personal represen-
tative; or

(e) has the permission in writing of the Council.

(2) No person shall occupy any stall unless he is the tenant of
that stall.

6. The Council may let any stall, without fine or forfeiture, to
any person, or jointly to any number of persons not exceeding 4, at
such rent and subject to such terms and conditions as the Council
may determine.

7. (1) Save with the permission in writing of the Council, no
person shall, in any market, install, add to, alter or remove any
electrical fitting or appliance, whether belonging to the Government
or to any other person.





(2) Where, under the provisions of paragraph (1), the Council
has permitted the installation, alteration or removal of any electrical
fitting or appliance or has permitted the making of any addition to
any such fitting or appliance-

(a)the installation of any main electric cable which may be
necessary shall be carried out only by the Director of
Buildings and Lands or, under the direction of the Director
of Buildings and Lands, by an electrical contractor approved
by the Director of Buildings and Lands; and

(b)all other works for and in connexion with such installation,
alteration, removal or addition shall be carried out only
by an electrical contractor approved by the Director of
Buildings and Lands.

(3) Where, in any market, any electrical fitting or appliance
has been installed, altered., or removed, or any addition has been
made to any such fitting or appliance, without the permission in
writing of the Council, the Director of Buildings and Lands may
carry out or cause to be carried out such work as may be necessary to
remove such fitting or appliance or to restore it to the condition in
which it was prior to such alteration, removal or addition, as the
case may be, and may recover the cost of such work from the tenant
of the stall for which such fitting or appliance is or was provided.

8. (1) No person shall create any litter, whether offensive or
otherwise, in any part of any market.

(2) No person shall, in any market, dispose of any refuse except
into a refuse bin provided for the purpose.

9. Except with lawful authority or excuse, no person shall, in
any market, so erect any structure, or so place any article or vehicle,
as to cause obstruction therein.

10. No person shall obey the call of nature in any market,
except in a public latrine.

11. No person shall spit in any market.

12. No person shall, in any market, pluck, scald or dress any
poultry or game, except in a place set aside by the Council for such
purpose.

13. Where any person has been convicted of disorderly con-
duct, intimidation, extortion, or of any offence against any of the
provisions of section 13 of the Gambling Ordinance or any of the
provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, the Council may, by
notice served upon such person within 90 days after the date upon
which such person was convicted or, if sentenced to imprisonment
upon such conviction, after the date of his release therefrom,





prohibit such person for such period, not exceeding 2 years from the
date of the service of such notice, as shall be specified therein, from
carrying on any business, or being employed in or taking part in any
business, in any market.

14. (1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of
by-law 4(2), 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with a notice served upon
him under the provisions of by-law 13 shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500 and to
imprisonment for 1 month.

(3) When any work for or in connexion with the installation,
alteration or removal of any electrical fitting or appliance in any stall
is carried out otherwise than in accordance with the provision of
by-law 7(2), the tenant of the stall shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500.

15. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact-
ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without
prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the
prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any
of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the
Council.
G.N.A. 107/60. G.N.A. 7/61. L.N. 165/63. 21 of 1973. L.N. 318/77. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86. 10 of 1986. G.N.A. 132/60. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. Hours of opening and closing of markets. Business restricted to stall tenants. Letting of market stalls. 21 of 1973, s. 20. Electric equipment. G.N.A. 7/61. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86. Prevention of litter. Prevention of obstruction. Prevention of nuisances. Prevention of spitting. Dressing of poultry and game. Prevention of certain persons carrying on business, etc. in markets. L.N. 4/63. L.N. 165/63. L.N. 318/77. (Cap. 148.) (Cap. 134.) Offences and penalties. G.N.A.7/61. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.

G.N.A. 107/60. G.N.A. 7/61. L.N. 165/63. 21 of 1973. L.N. 318/77. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86. 10 of 1986. G.N.A. 132/60. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. Hours of opening and closing of markets. Business restricted to stall tenants. Letting of market stalls. 21 of 1973, s. 20. Electric equipment. G.N.A. 7/61. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 94/86. Prevention of litter. Prevention of obstruction. Prevention of nuisances. Prevention of spitting. Dressing of poultry and game. Prevention of certain persons carrying on business, etc. in markets. L.N. 4/63. L.N. 165/63. L.N. 318/77. (Cap. 148.) (Cap. 134.) Offences and penalties. G.N.A.7/61. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.

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