DISORDERLY HOUSES SUPPRESSION ORDINANCE, 1894
Title
DISORDERLY HOUSES SUPPRESSION ORDINANCE, 1894
Description
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1894.
Disorderly Houses Suppression
AN ORDIANCNE to amend the Women and Girls Protection
Ordiancne,1890.*
[7th September,1894.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Disorderly Houses Suppression
Ordinance, 1894.
*Oridnance No.11 of 1890,repealed by the Women and Girls Protection
Ordinance,1897.
2.-(1.)On complaint made before a Magistrate by three or more
householders that a house in their immediate neighbourhood is used as
a common brothel or lodging-house for prostitutes or disorderly persons
of any description, to the annoyance of the respectable inhabitants of
the vicinity, a Magistrate shall have and exercise summary jurisdiction
in respect thereof, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to issue a
summons to the owner or tenant of the house whereof complaint is made,
and,on the hearing of the complaint, if the Magistrate is satisfied that
the house is used in the manner complained of and is a source of
annoyance or offence to the neighbours, he may order the owner or
tenant to discontinue such use of it.
(2.)If the owner or tenant fails to comply with such order within
such time as may be fixed by the order,he shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding fifteen dollars for every day that the house is so used
after the time fixed by the order.
(3.)The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any
other proceedings or remedies,civil or criminal, which may be taken in
respect of the matters aforesaid.
(4.)The provisions of the Magistartes Oridnance,1890, relating to
sumary procedure shall apply to proceedings under this Ordinance.
A.D. 1894. Ordinance No. 6 of 1894. Short title. Proceedings for suppression of disorderly house. No. 3 of 1890.
Disorderly Houses Suppression
AN ORDIANCNE to amend the Women and Girls Protection
Ordiancne,1890.*
[7th September,1894.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Disorderly Houses Suppression
Ordinance, 1894.
*Oridnance No.11 of 1890,repealed by the Women and Girls Protection
Ordinance,1897.
2.-(1.)On complaint made before a Magistrate by three or more
householders that a house in their immediate neighbourhood is used as
a common brothel or lodging-house for prostitutes or disorderly persons
of any description, to the annoyance of the respectable inhabitants of
the vicinity, a Magistrate shall have and exercise summary jurisdiction
in respect thereof, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to issue a
summons to the owner or tenant of the house whereof complaint is made,
and,on the hearing of the complaint, if the Magistrate is satisfied that
the house is used in the manner complained of and is a source of
annoyance or offence to the neighbours, he may order the owner or
tenant to discontinue such use of it.
(2.)If the owner or tenant fails to comply with such order within
such time as may be fixed by the order,he shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding fifteen dollars for every day that the house is so used
after the time fixed by the order.
(3.)The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any
other proceedings or remedies,civil or criminal, which may be taken in
respect of the matters aforesaid.
(4.)The provisions of the Magistartes Oridnance,1890, relating to
sumary procedure shall apply to proceedings under this Ordinance.
A.D. 1894. Ordinance No. 6 of 1894. Short title. Proceedings for suppression of disorderly house. No. 3 of 1890.
Abstract
A.D. 1894. Ordinance No. 6 of 1894. Short title. Proceedings for suppression of disorderly house. No. 3 of 1890.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/677
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Subsequent Cap No.
213
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1894
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“DISORDERLY HOUSES SUPPRESSION ORDINANCE, 1894,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed December 27, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/677.
