SUNG WONG T'OI RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1899

SUNG WONG T'OI RESERVATION ORDINANCE, 1899

Ordinance no. 2 of 1899.

Sung Wong Toi

an ordinance to provide for the reservation of certain
land at british kowloon known as sung wong toi
or sung wong tong
[9th february, 1899]
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 sung wong toi
reservation ordinance,1899.
2-(1) the piece of crown land situate at british kowloon , known
as sung wong t'oi or sung wong t'ong
dlineated and shown upon a plan marked red , signed by the director
of police works and countersigned by the governor and deposited in
the land office of this colony, shall not be let for building or other
purposes , but shall be henceforth reserved or appropriated by the
governor as a place of popular resort and fo antiquarian interest: pro-
vided , nevertheless, that if at any time hereafter it appears to the
governor that it is necessary , in the interests either of the imperial
government or of the government fo this colony, that such land should
be re-appropriate such land or any part thereof , and to wse the
re-appropriated ,either wholly or in part , it shall be lawful for the
governor to re-appropriated such land or any part thereof , and to use the
re-appropriated land or allow it to be used for other purposes than those
above mentioned.
(2) notice of such re-appropriation shall be forthwith published in
the gazette .
3-(1) it shall be lawfull for the governor-in-council from time to
time to make such regulations as he may deem expedient for the
maintence fo good order in the said reserved land , and for the
presevation , management, and use thereof, and for the enjoyment
thereof by the public, and to annex to the breach of any such regulations
penalties not exceeding twenty-five dollars in respect of each such
breach .
(2) any such penalty may be sued for and recovered summarily
under the magistrate ordinance, 1890.
(3) all such regulations shall be published in the gazette, and there-
upon shall have the force of law.
4. every person who injures jor defaces any ancient monument , rock,
memorial , or inscription which is on or upon any land reserved or
appropriated under this ordinance as a place of popular resort and fof
antiquarian interest shall , on summary conviction before a magistrate ,
be liable , at the discretion of the magistrate , to one fo the following
penalties ; that is to say, -
(1) to pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars , and , in addition thereto,
to pay such sum as the magistrate may think just for the purpose
of repairing any damage which has been caused by the offender , or
(2) to be imprisoned , with or without hard labour, for any term not
exceeding one month. A.D. 1899. Ordinance No. 3 of 1899.
Short title. Reservation of certain land at British Kowloon for popular resort, etc. Making of regulations relating to reserved land. No. 3 of 1890. Penalty for injury to ancient monument, etc., on reserved land.

A.D. 1899. Ordinance No. 3 of 1899.
Short title. Reservation of certain land at British Kowloon for popular resort, etc. Making of regulations relating to reserved land. No. 3 of 1890. Penalty for injury to ancient monument, etc., on reserved land.

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