LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. 102.—His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:—
Ordinance No. 5 of 1922.—An Ordinance to confer on the Governor in Council power to make regulations on occasions of emergency or public danger.
HONGKONG.
No. 5 of 1922.
L.S. |
I assent to this Ordinance.
R. E. Stubbs,
Governor.
28th February, 1922.
An Ordinance to confer on the Governor in Council power to make regulations on occasions of emergency or public danger.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:—
Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922.
Power to make regulations. 2.—(1.) On any occasion which the Governor in Council may consider to be an occasion of emergency or public danger he may make any regulations whatsoever which he may consider desirable in the public interest.
(2.) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section such regulations may be made with regard to any matters coming within the classes of subjects hereinafter enumerated, that is to say:—
- (a.) Censorship, and the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications, and means of communication;
- (b.) Arrest, detention, exclusion, and deportation ;
- (c.) Control of the harbours, ports, and territorial waters of the Colony, and the movements of vessels;
- (d.) Transportation by land, air, or water, and the control of the transport of persons and things;
- (e.) Trading, exportation, importation, production, and manufacture;
- (f.) Appropriation, control, forfeiture and disposition of property, and of the use thereof.
- (g.) Conferring powers on public officers and others;
- (h.) Requiring persons to do work or render services; and
