PUBLIC PLACES REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1870
Title
PUBLIC PLACES REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1870
Description
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1870.
Public Places Regulation Ordinance, 1870.
AN ORDINANCE for enabling the Governor-in-Council to make
Regulations for the Maintenance of Good Order and the
Protection of Property in Public Buildings, Gardens, and
other Place. [19th August, 1870.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the maintenance of good
order and the preservation of property in public buildings and
gardens and other public places, and for the better enjoyment thereof by
persons frequenting the same:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Places Regulation
Ordinance, 1870.
2. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously or wantonly com-
mits any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal pro-
perty belonging to the Crown, the damage, injury, or spoil being to an
amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and for which no punishment
is now provided by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on
summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding fifty dollars, with or without imprsionment not exceeding
one month, and shall moreover pay such sum of money not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, by way of compensation for the damage done, as
the Magistrate may direct.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to time
to make such regulations as he may deem expedient for the maintenance
of good order and the preservation of property in any public buildings,
gardens, or other places open to the public, and for the better enjoyment
thereof by persons frequenting the same, and also from time to time to
repeal, amend, or vary such regulations or any part thereof: Provided
always that no such regulation, or any repeal, amendment, or variation
thereof, shall come into force and effect until the same has been publish-
ed in The Gazette. 4. A copy of all regulations for the time being in force under this
Ordinance and relating to any public building, garden, or other place
shall be exhibited at the entrance thereof or in some conspicuous place
within the same.
5.-(1) It shall be lawful for any constable, and also for any custodian,
watchman, keeper, or other person employed by the Government in any
such public buikding, garden, or other place as aforesaid, to there and
then, and without any warrant, summons, or other legal process, stop,
seize, apprehend, and detain any person who is committing a breach of
any of the said regulations, and to take such person before a Magistrate,
to be dealt with according to law, or else to eject and remove therefrom
any person who is found committing therein a breach of any of the said
regulations or any offence now punishable by law, after having been
previously warned to desist.
(2) Every person who uses abusive language to, or assaults, or uses
any violence towards, any such contable or other person as aforesaid,
while in the execution of his duty or of the powers vested in him under
this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate,
be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, with or with-
out imprisonment not exceeding three months.
6.-(1) Every person who is charged by any such constable, suto-
dian, watchman, keeper, or other person as aforesaid with committing
or with having committed within any such public buikding, garden, or
other place as aforesaid a breach of any of the said regulations or any
offence now punishable by law, and who refuses to give his name and
address if called upon to do so, shall, on summary conviction thereof
before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars, in
addition to any punishment to which he may be liable for the offence
with which he is charged and whether he is found guilty of such offence
or not.
(2) If any such person refues to give his name, it shall be law-
ful to proceed against him summarily by a description of his person and
the offence only, without adding any name or designation, but in such
case the Magistrate shall mention in the deposition that the defendant
refused to give his name.
7. Every person who commits a breach of any of the said regulations
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction
thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
dollars for a first offence, and for every subsequent offence to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars, with or without imprisoment not ex-
ceeding one month. 8. Nothing in the last preceding section shall affect any other remedy
or punishemtn which may be provided by law for any act done in breach
of any regulation made in pursunance of this Ordinance.
A.D. 1870. Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, with Ordinance No. 2 of 1899 incorporated. Short title. Committing malicious or wanton damage to Crown property, not exceeding $25 in amount. Making of regulations relating to public places. Exhibition at public place of regulations relating thereto. Removal of person found committing breach of regulations after warning. Refusal of person committing breach of regulations to give name and address. Penalty for breach of regulations. Saving of other remedies and punishments.
Public Places Regulation Ordinance, 1870.
AN ORDINANCE for enabling the Governor-in-Council to make
Regulations for the Maintenance of Good Order and the
Protection of Property in Public Buildings, Gardens, and
other Place. [19th August, 1870.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the maintenance of good
order and the preservation of property in public buildings and
gardens and other public places, and for the better enjoyment thereof by
persons frequenting the same:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Places Regulation
Ordinance, 1870.
2. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously or wantonly com-
mits any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal pro-
perty belonging to the Crown, the damage, injury, or spoil being to an
amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and for which no punishment
is now provided by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on
summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding fifty dollars, with or without imprsionment not exceeding
one month, and shall moreover pay such sum of money not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, by way of compensation for the damage done, as
the Magistrate may direct.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to time
to make such regulations as he may deem expedient for the maintenance
of good order and the preservation of property in any public buildings,
gardens, or other places open to the public, and for the better enjoyment
thereof by persons frequenting the same, and also from time to time to
repeal, amend, or vary such regulations or any part thereof: Provided
always that no such regulation, or any repeal, amendment, or variation
thereof, shall come into force and effect until the same has been publish-
ed in The Gazette. 4. A copy of all regulations for the time being in force under this
Ordinance and relating to any public building, garden, or other place
shall be exhibited at the entrance thereof or in some conspicuous place
within the same.
5.-(1) It shall be lawful for any constable, and also for any custodian,
watchman, keeper, or other person employed by the Government in any
such public buikding, garden, or other place as aforesaid, to there and
then, and without any warrant, summons, or other legal process, stop,
seize, apprehend, and detain any person who is committing a breach of
any of the said regulations, and to take such person before a Magistrate,
to be dealt with according to law, or else to eject and remove therefrom
any person who is found committing therein a breach of any of the said
regulations or any offence now punishable by law, after having been
previously warned to desist.
(2) Every person who uses abusive language to, or assaults, or uses
any violence towards, any such contable or other person as aforesaid,
while in the execution of his duty or of the powers vested in him under
this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate,
be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, with or with-
out imprisonment not exceeding three months.
6.-(1) Every person who is charged by any such constable, suto-
dian, watchman, keeper, or other person as aforesaid with committing
or with having committed within any such public buikding, garden, or
other place as aforesaid a breach of any of the said regulations or any
offence now punishable by law, and who refuses to give his name and
address if called upon to do so, shall, on summary conviction thereof
before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars, in
addition to any punishment to which he may be liable for the offence
with which he is charged and whether he is found guilty of such offence
or not.
(2) If any such person refues to give his name, it shall be law-
ful to proceed against him summarily by a description of his person and
the offence only, without adding any name or designation, but in such
case the Magistrate shall mention in the deposition that the defendant
refused to give his name.
7. Every person who commits a breach of any of the said regulations
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction
thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
dollars for a first offence, and for every subsequent offence to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars, with or without imprisoment not ex-
ceeding one month. 8. Nothing in the last preceding section shall affect any other remedy
or punishemtn which may be provided by law for any act done in breach
of any regulation made in pursunance of this Ordinance.
A.D. 1870. Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, with Ordinance No. 2 of 1899 incorporated. Short title. Committing malicious or wanton damage to Crown property, not exceeding $25 in amount. Making of regulations relating to public places. Exhibition at public place of regulations relating thereto. Removal of person found committing breach of regulations after warning. Refusal of person committing breach of regulations to give name and address. Penalty for breach of regulations. Saving of other remedies and punishments.
Abstract
A.D. 1870. Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, with Ordinance No. 2 of 1899 incorporated. Short title. Committing malicious or wanton damage to Crown property, not exceeding $25 in amount. Making of regulations relating to public places. Exhibition at public place of regulations relating thereto. Removal of person found committing breach of regulations after warning. Refusal of person committing breach of regulations to give name and address. Penalty for breach of regulations. Saving of other remedies and punishments.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/579
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
132
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 2 of 1870
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“PUBLIC PLACES REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1870,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 24, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/579.
