ORDER AND CLEANLINESS AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1883
Title
ORDER AND CLEANLINESS AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1883
Description
ORDINANCE-INT6. Tov .1 88a.
Order and Cleanliness.
No. 7 of 1883.
_~n Ordinance entitled Tlae Order and ~,~ler_znlane.3s Amendment
Ordinance,
1883.
' 13th June, 1853.
BE it enacte:l by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Sections 10, 13, 14, and 15 of Ordinance 9 of 1867, rare hereby
repealed, but
such repeal shall not affect the validity or invalidity of anything done
or suffered before
the passing of this Ordinance.
2. The Governor may constitute a permanent Sanitary Board to exercise
super- sanitary Board.
vision and control over all matters 'connected with sanitation in the
Colony.
The Board shall consist of the Surveyor General, the Registrar General
and the. Members of tm
,Board.
Colonial Surgeon for the time being, and of such other members not less
than two 'in
number as the Governor may from time to time ikpoint. The Governor may at
his
discretion remove any member so appointed.
The Governor may from time to time appoint and at pleasure iemove a
sanitary I,- ointment af
inspector and inspector of nuisances and such officers as tle Board map
require fox the ~~c~r~purpose of carrying ant the duties of the Board and
the laws relating to sanitation.
Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Board may make
and Rules.
when made, revoke, add to, or alter rules for its own procedure and for
the guidance
r
and conduct of its officers.
3. If any member of the Sanitary Board, or any two resident medical
practitioners
shall certify to a Magistrate that any house is so overcrowded or is in
such a filthy and
unwholesome state as to be dangerous or injurious to the public health,
the Magistrate
shall issue a summons against the --householder as defined by the
Victoria Registration
Ordinance, 1866, or his agent, by P4tice affixed to .the house, to appear
before the said
Magistrate who shall thereupon make such order as he may think fit; and
in case any
order so made shall not be complied with by such householder or agent,
within 7 days
from the making thereof, the said Magistrate -may thereupon impose on the
person so
refusing or neglecting to obey the said order, W fine rat exceeding $50,
and in default
of payment, the person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said order
may be im-
prisoned for any, term not egceeuing 3 months.
4. If any inspector of nuisances or guy other person reports to the
Sanitary Boars
concerning any house or tenement that he has reason to believe
(a.) that such house or tenement or any of the arrangements therein or
con-
- riected therewith are in such an unwholesome or defective state as to
be or to be likely to become a source of dander to the inhabitants or
neighbours, or
1745
Overcrowded
houses.
Power to enter
house.
.ORDI~-ANCE. Nci. r oF 1$8W
.Order and -Cleanliness.
(b.) that the sanitary conditions prescribed by or under authdrity of law
are
not fulfilled in respect of the said house .,or tenement o of any of the
arrangements therein,
the Sanitary Board may 1''n its discretion by order in writing authorize
an inspector of
nuisances to enter such house or tenement and inspect the condition of
~;he same.
The inspector of nuisances shall on demand produce and show the order to
2tnv
person being or claiming to be the occupier of such house or tenement,.
Any person refusing to permit the inspector of nuisances so dnl
authorized to
.eater and inspect any house or tenement shall on conviction thereof
befo~e a Magistrate
be liable to a fine not exceeding $10 or in default of payment to
imprisol ment for any
term not exceeding 14 days.
Removal oe 5. Where any person is suffering from small-pox or any other
cot tagious or iu-
person suffering
from small-pox, fectious disease and' is without proper lodging or
accommodation or s lodged in a
,.tir_ .
tenement occupied by lnow than one family or is on board any ship or v
ssel a Magis-
trate may on the certificate of the Colonial Surgeon or any other duly
ualified med-
-ical practitioner order the remowaJ of such person to such suitable
hospit 1 or other line
place as may be provided for the purpose. `
Disinfecting g, Where any tenemeniLhas been occupied by any person
affected. v~ith small-pox
premisee. .
or other infectious or contagious disease, the Colonial Surgeon may 1ve
notice >;cl
writing to the owner or occupier to disinfect and purify such tenement, i
such manner
'and within°such time as the Cololiial Surgeon play direct, and if the
]ye son 'to whom
notice is so given fails to comply therewith, be shall be liable on con
ictioii thereof
before.a Magistrate to such fine as will in the opinion of the-Magistrate
suffice to cover
the expense of disinfecting and purifying such tenement, which fine shall
be paid over
to the Sanitary Board fo'~ the purposes of this Ordinance, and to a furth
ar penalty not
exceeding $5 for every day during which be continues to make default, an
1 the Colonial
Surgeon may cause such tenement to be disinfected and purified.
Power to remove 7. In Pase'of emergency the Sanitary Board may order the
immediate removal of
mxious ac en- any noxious accumulation and. the closing up of such wells,
tees-pool or drains, iu
any tenement; as in their opinion may be immediately injurious to the,
public health,
_'andtbe cost incurred shall be chargeable either to the occupants of
such tenemente,.or
k'taa-h;e.public as the Board shall decide
Erection of .$. No person shall, after the passing of this Ordnance, erect
a water-closet within
water-closets.
'his tenement, or connect such water-closet by means of a
connection-drlcin with any
-public or private sewer, with-out the written permission of the Sanitary
Board.
.
Naght.soci and 9. Allnight.soil and urine shall vest in and become the
absolute property of the
urine the pro-
perty ofthe .Government night-.soil contractors for the time being and.
the disposal o it shall be
night-soft con.
Mctors . subject to regulations to be made under this Ordinance. Provided,
that the licensees
of public .latrines shall still be at liberty to dispose of the
night-soil :rom latrines
existing at the time of the passing of this Ordinance under the
regulation~9 in force at
to such regulations.
ORDINANCE .No. T. o7 1-1883:
Order. and Cleanfinesi.
the time of the passing, of this Ordinance;'and:that.the owners of
gardens in villages,
nay use on their own lauds the-waste products of their tenements if
conveyed according
10. All householders within the City of Victoria shall provide themselves
with Iiouello>dera to
provide aust-
snitable dust-boxes in accordance with a pattern deposited for the
inspection of the boxes.
public, at the District Police Stations in the city= and all the day's
house-sweepings,
ashes, offal, and refuse, shall be deposited in the dust-box, and in no
place or recept-
acle other than the dust-box which shall be at all tunes maintained in
dice repair by
the owner.
11. The keeping of pigs, boats, or cattle without a licence from the
Sanitary
toard is hereby prohibited, and any person keeping such animals, either
without a
licence front the Sanitary Board or in a tnauner contravening such
sa:uitarc conditions'
as may be endorsed on such licence, shall be liable on conviction before
a Magistrate
to a fine not exceeding $5, and in default of payment to imprisonment for
any terns
not exceeding 14 days, and to forfeit all n.miuals in respect of the
peeping of which he
has so offended.
h
12. The Governor in Council may from tithe to time make and when oracle,
revoke,
add to, or alter regulations for the carrying out of all laws relating to
sanitation and
especially far the better removal by householders and public contractors,
of night-soil,
urine, dust, rubbish or filth collected or deposited or remaining on any
tenement and
n
way by such regulations affix penalties not exceeding in any case $100 or
imprison-
ment with or without hard labour for 3 months for the breach of any such
regulations
'to be recovered on summary conviction of the offender. before a
Magistrate..
13. Tuts Ordinance shall come into operation on a (lay to be proclaimed
by the
lllf.0 operation.
Governor in
Council nlav
llaokc rHgula.-
1;lolis.
Governor.
LIta farce franc the 13th June, 1883, under grroclamatian 'of same date.
Repealed by
Ordinance, .11'0. NC of 188T.]
:hToTU.--.for repealed regulation, as to small-poi of the 1 7th
Deceinbcr, 1's8T, see Gazette
o, f same date.
For Ordw in Council repealing above regulation of the 15th January, 1889
$ee Gazette 26th of same month.
See also Ordinance .111'0. 24 of 1887 sec. 2.
1745
Repeal.
Sanitary Board.
Members of the Board.
Appointment of officers.
Rules.
Overcrowded houses.
Power to enter house.
1746
Removal person suffering from small-pox, &c.
Disinfecting premises.
Power to remove noxious accumulation, &c.
Erection of water-closets.
Night soil and urine the property of the night-soil contractors.
1747
Householders to provide dust-boxes.
Keeping pigs, &c.
Governor in Council may make regulations.
Date of coming into operation.
Order and Cleanliness.
No. 7 of 1883.
_~n Ordinance entitled Tlae Order and ~,~ler_znlane.3s Amendment
Ordinance,
1883.
' 13th June, 1853.
BE it enacte:l by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Sections 10, 13, 14, and 15 of Ordinance 9 of 1867, rare hereby
repealed, but
such repeal shall not affect the validity or invalidity of anything done
or suffered before
the passing of this Ordinance.
2. The Governor may constitute a permanent Sanitary Board to exercise
super- sanitary Board.
vision and control over all matters 'connected with sanitation in the
Colony.
The Board shall consist of the Surveyor General, the Registrar General
and the. Members of tm
,Board.
Colonial Surgeon for the time being, and of such other members not less
than two 'in
number as the Governor may from time to time ikpoint. The Governor may at
his
discretion remove any member so appointed.
The Governor may from time to time appoint and at pleasure iemove a
sanitary I,- ointment af
inspector and inspector of nuisances and such officers as tle Board map
require fox the ~~c~r~purpose of carrying ant the duties of the Board and
the laws relating to sanitation.
Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Board may make
and Rules.
when made, revoke, add to, or alter rules for its own procedure and for
the guidance
r
and conduct of its officers.
3. If any member of the Sanitary Board, or any two resident medical
practitioners
shall certify to a Magistrate that any house is so overcrowded or is in
such a filthy and
unwholesome state as to be dangerous or injurious to the public health,
the Magistrate
shall issue a summons against the --householder as defined by the
Victoria Registration
Ordinance, 1866, or his agent, by P4tice affixed to .the house, to appear
before the said
Magistrate who shall thereupon make such order as he may think fit; and
in case any
order so made shall not be complied with by such householder or agent,
within 7 days
from the making thereof, the said Magistrate -may thereupon impose on the
person so
refusing or neglecting to obey the said order, W fine rat exceeding $50,
and in default
of payment, the person so refusing or neglecting to obey the said order
may be im-
prisoned for any, term not egceeuing 3 months.
4. If any inspector of nuisances or guy other person reports to the
Sanitary Boars
concerning any house or tenement that he has reason to believe
(a.) that such house or tenement or any of the arrangements therein or
con-
- riected therewith are in such an unwholesome or defective state as to
be or to be likely to become a source of dander to the inhabitants or
neighbours, or
1745
Overcrowded
houses.
Power to enter
house.
.ORDI~-ANCE. Nci. r oF 1$8W
.Order and -Cleanliness.
(b.) that the sanitary conditions prescribed by or under authdrity of law
are
not fulfilled in respect of the said house .,or tenement o of any of the
arrangements therein,
the Sanitary Board may 1''n its discretion by order in writing authorize
an inspector of
nuisances to enter such house or tenement and inspect the condition of
~;he same.
The inspector of nuisances shall on demand produce and show the order to
2tnv
person being or claiming to be the occupier of such house or tenement,.
Any person refusing to permit the inspector of nuisances so dnl
authorized to
.eater and inspect any house or tenement shall on conviction thereof
befo~e a Magistrate
be liable to a fine not exceeding $10 or in default of payment to
imprisol ment for any
term not exceeding 14 days.
Removal oe 5. Where any person is suffering from small-pox or any other
cot tagious or iu-
person suffering
from small-pox, fectious disease and' is without proper lodging or
accommodation or s lodged in a
,.tir_ .
tenement occupied by lnow than one family or is on board any ship or v
ssel a Magis-
trate may on the certificate of the Colonial Surgeon or any other duly
ualified med-
-ical practitioner order the remowaJ of such person to such suitable
hospit 1 or other line
place as may be provided for the purpose. `
Disinfecting g, Where any tenemeniLhas been occupied by any person
affected. v~ith small-pox
premisee. .
or other infectious or contagious disease, the Colonial Surgeon may 1ve
notice >;cl
writing to the owner or occupier to disinfect and purify such tenement, i
such manner
'and within°such time as the Cololiial Surgeon play direct, and if the
]ye son 'to whom
notice is so given fails to comply therewith, be shall be liable on con
ictioii thereof
before.a Magistrate to such fine as will in the opinion of the-Magistrate
suffice to cover
the expense of disinfecting and purifying such tenement, which fine shall
be paid over
to the Sanitary Board fo'~ the purposes of this Ordinance, and to a furth
ar penalty not
exceeding $5 for every day during which be continues to make default, an
1 the Colonial
Surgeon may cause such tenement to be disinfected and purified.
Power to remove 7. In Pase'of emergency the Sanitary Board may order the
immediate removal of
mxious ac en- any noxious accumulation and. the closing up of such wells,
tees-pool or drains, iu
any tenement; as in their opinion may be immediately injurious to the,
public health,
_'andtbe cost incurred shall be chargeable either to the occupants of
such tenemente,.or
k'taa-h;e.public as the Board shall decide
Erection of .$. No person shall, after the passing of this Ordnance, erect
a water-closet within
water-closets.
'his tenement, or connect such water-closet by means of a
connection-drlcin with any
-public or private sewer, with-out the written permission of the Sanitary
Board.
.
Naght.soci and 9. Allnight.soil and urine shall vest in and become the
absolute property of the
urine the pro-
perty ofthe .Government night-.soil contractors for the time being and.
the disposal o it shall be
night-soft con.
Mctors . subject to regulations to be made under this Ordinance. Provided,
that the licensees
of public .latrines shall still be at liberty to dispose of the
night-soil :rom latrines
existing at the time of the passing of this Ordinance under the
regulation~9 in force at
to such regulations.
ORDINANCE .No. T. o7 1-1883:
Order. and Cleanfinesi.
the time of the passing, of this Ordinance;'and:that.the owners of
gardens in villages,
nay use on their own lauds the-waste products of their tenements if
conveyed according
10. All householders within the City of Victoria shall provide themselves
with Iiouello>dera to
provide aust-
snitable dust-boxes in accordance with a pattern deposited for the
inspection of the boxes.
public, at the District Police Stations in the city= and all the day's
house-sweepings,
ashes, offal, and refuse, shall be deposited in the dust-box, and in no
place or recept-
acle other than the dust-box which shall be at all tunes maintained in
dice repair by
the owner.
11. The keeping of pigs, boats, or cattle without a licence from the
Sanitary
toard is hereby prohibited, and any person keeping such animals, either
without a
licence front the Sanitary Board or in a tnauner contravening such
sa:uitarc conditions'
as may be endorsed on such licence, shall be liable on conviction before
a Magistrate
to a fine not exceeding $5, and in default of payment to imprisonment for
any terns
not exceeding 14 days, and to forfeit all n.miuals in respect of the
peeping of which he
has so offended.
h
12. The Governor in Council may from tithe to time make and when oracle,
revoke,
add to, or alter regulations for the carrying out of all laws relating to
sanitation and
especially far the better removal by householders and public contractors,
of night-soil,
urine, dust, rubbish or filth collected or deposited or remaining on any
tenement and
n
way by such regulations affix penalties not exceeding in any case $100 or
imprison-
ment with or without hard labour for 3 months for the breach of any such
regulations
'to be recovered on summary conviction of the offender. before a
Magistrate..
13. Tuts Ordinance shall come into operation on a (lay to be proclaimed
by the
lllf.0 operation.
Governor in
Council nlav
llaokc rHgula.-
1;lolis.
Governor.
LIta farce franc the 13th June, 1883, under grroclamatian 'of same date.
Repealed by
Ordinance, .11'0. NC of 188T.]
:hToTU.--.for repealed regulation, as to small-poi of the 1 7th
Deceinbcr, 1's8T, see Gazette
o, f same date.
For Ordw in Council repealing above regulation of the 15th January, 1889
$ee Gazette 26th of same month.
See also Ordinance .111'0. 24 of 1887 sec. 2.
1745
Repeal.
Sanitary Board.
Members of the Board.
Appointment of officers.
Rules.
Overcrowded houses.
Power to enter house.
1746
Removal person suffering from small-pox, &c.
Disinfecting premises.
Power to remove noxious accumulation, &c.
Erection of water-closets.
Night soil and urine the property of the night-soil contractors.
1747
Householders to provide dust-boxes.
Keeping pigs, &c.
Governor in Council may make regulations.
Date of coming into operation.
Abstract
1745
Repeal.
Sanitary Board.
Members of the Board.
Appointment of officers.
Rules.
Overcrowded houses.
Power to enter house.
1746
Removal person suffering from small-pox, &c.
Disinfecting premises.
Power to remove noxious accumulation, &c.
Erection of water-closets.
Night soil and urine the property of the night-soil contractors.
1747
Householders to provide dust-boxes.
Keeping pigs, &c.
Governor in Council may make regulations.
Date of coming into operation.
Repeal.
Sanitary Board.
Members of the Board.
Appointment of officers.
Rules.
Overcrowded houses.
Power to enter house.
1746
Removal person suffering from small-pox, &c.
Disinfecting premises.
Power to remove noxious accumulation, &c.
Erection of water-closets.
Night soil and urine the property of the night-soil contractors.
1747
Householders to provide dust-boxes.
Keeping pigs, &c.
Governor in Council may make regulations.
Date of coming into operation.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/433
Edition
1890
Volume
v3
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 7 of 1883
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
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Citation
“ORDER AND CLEANLINESS AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1883,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed May 18, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/433.
