PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC) ORDINANCE, 1869

PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC) ORDINANCE, 1869

No. 2 of 1869.

To make further provision for the Maintenance of Order on the
occasion of Public Assemblages. [30th September,1869.]

1. The Public Assemblages (Regulation of Traffic) Ordinance,
1869.
2.It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police,
subject to the approval of the Governor,as occasion may require,
to make regulations for the route to be observed by all carts,
carriages,horses,and other animals,chairs and other vehicles,and
all persons,and for preventing obstriction of the roads,streets,and
throughfares in all times of public processions,public rejoicings,
public ceremonials,spectacles or illuminations,public assemblies
or meetings,military reviews or inspections,funerals,and all other
cases where the presence of a large number of persons may be
probable or possible,and also to give directions for keeping order
and for preventing any obstruction of the thoroughfares in the
immediate neihbourhood of government or public buildings and
offices, the Superme or other Court House, the Police Courts, the
theatres and other places of public resort, the Cathedral, and all
other churches, chapels, or other places of public worship, and in
any cases where the roads, streets, or thoroughfares may be thronged
or be liable to be obstructed: Provided always that such regulations
or directions hsall have no force or effect whatever unless and until,
after being so approved, they are printed in English and Chinese
characters and affixed on or near the place or places, and on the
occasion, to which they severally refer or relate.

3. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, subject to the appro-
val of the Governor, to make similar regulations and give similar
directions with reference to the route to be observed bu boats or
other vessels and bu persons, and to the keeping of order and pre-
venting of obstructions, in the harbour or other waters of the
Colony, on any such or similar occasions as hereinbefore set forth
which may occur within the said harbour or waters: Provided
always that such regulations or directions shall have no force or
effect unless and until, after being so approved they are printed in
English and Chinese characters and exhibited at the Harbour
Master's Office and the Water Police Stations and affixed at three
public wharves.

4. The approval of the Governor shall be signified byu his signa-
ture affixed to some draft or copy of the siad reglations and
directions.

6.Every breach of any such reglations and directions, and
every violation or disregard thereof or dispnedience thereto, shall
be a separate offence, and shall be triable by a Magistrate, and be
punishable with a fine not exceeding 20 dollars, or imprisonment,
without hard labour, not exceeding one month.

Short title. Regulations, etc., for control of traffic on land on occasion of public assemblage. Regulations, etc., for control of traffic in harbour on occasion of public assemblage.
Signification of Governor's approval. Penalty for breach of regulations, etc.

Short title. Regulations, etc., for control of traffic on land on occasion of public assemblage. Regulations, etc., for control of traffic in harbour on occasion of public assemblage.
Signification of Governor's approval. Penalty for breach of regulations, etc.

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