ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - CHAPTER 132B ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION ( 78 of 1999 s. 7) (Cap 132, sections 104 and 149) [18 June 1920] (G.N. 342 of 1920) ___________________________________________________________________________ _____ Note: This regulation is deemed to have been made under section 104 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Chapter 132-see section 149(1) of that Ordinance. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 (Cap. 132 sections 104 and 149) [18 June 1920] (G.N. 342 of 1920) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Note: These by-laws are deemed to have been made under section 104 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Chapter 132-see section 149(1) of that Ordinance. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 1 VerDate:01/01/2000 (1) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any billposter or other person employed by him to affix or otherwise exhibit any hoarding, notice board or poster used for the purpose of advertising upon or against private property without the consent of the owner or his representative and of the occupier, or upon or against Government property without the consent in writing of the Director of Lands or any other public officer authorized by the Director, or except by virtue of some other sufficient legal authority. (L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993; 13 of 1995 s. 2; 29 of 1998 s. 105; 78 of 1999 s. 7) (2) (Repealed 13 of 1995 s. 2) ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 1 VerDate:01/07/1997 Amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 s. 105 (1) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any billposter or other person employed by him to affix or otherwise exhibit any hoarding, notice board or poster used for the purpose of advertising upon or against private property without the consent of the owner or his representative and of the occupier, or upon or against Government property without the consent in writing of the Director of Lands, or except by virtue of some other sufficient legal authority. (L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993; 13 of 1995 s. 2; 29 of 1998 s. 105) (2) (Repealed 13 of 1995 s. 2) ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 1 VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any billposter or other person employed by him to affix or otherwise exhibit any hoarding, notice board or poster used for the purpose of advertising upon or against private property without the consent of the owner or his representative and of the occupier, or upon or against Crown property without the consent in writing of the Director of Lands, or except by virtue of some other sufficient legal authority. (L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993; 13 of 1995 s. 2) (2) (Repealed 13 of 1995 s. 2) ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 2 (Repealed L.N. 82 of 1986) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 2 (Repealed L.N. 82 of 1986) VerDate:30/06/1997 ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 3 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 3 VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) It shall not be lawful for any person by himself or by any authorized agent to advertise any saleable commodity by means of any lettering or device on any sail, flag, mast, spar, wood, awning or hull of any vessel of any description in the waters of the Colony. (2) This by-law shall not apply to any bumboat man bona fide advertising his own name and trade and not advertising the saleable commodities of another. (16 of 1940 s. 7) ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 4 VerDate:01/01/2000 Nothing in this Regulation shall apply to any person acting, or to any act done, under direction of the Government or of the naval, military or air force authorities. (16 of 1940 s. 7; 78 of 1999 s. 7) ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 4 VerDate:30/06/1997 Nothing in these by-laws shall apply to any person acting, or to any act done, under direction of the Government or of the naval, military or air force authorities. (16 of 1940 s. 7) ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 5 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 5 VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) No person shall- (a) exhibit or allow to be exhibited any occulting sign on any premises; (b) exhibit or allow to be exhibited an occulting sign in any premises in such a way as to be visible from outside the premises. (2) In this by-law, "occulting sign" (閃動標誌) includes any sign whereby the light thereof is cut off from view at regular or irregular intervals and any sign which emits light suddenly or intermittently. (G.N.A. 107 of 1954) (2) In this by-law, "occulting sign" (閃動標誌) includes any sign whereby the light thereof is cut off from view at regular or irregular intervals and any sign which emits light suddenly or intermittently. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 6 VerDate:01/01/2000 No person shall erect or exhibit or permit or suffer to be erected or exhibited any advertisement which disfigures the natural beauty of any scenery or affects injuriously the amenities of any locality. ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 6 VerDate:30/06/1997 No person shall erect or exhibit or permit or suffer to be erected or exhibited any advertisement which disfigures the natural beauty of any scenery or affects injuriously the amenities of any locality. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 7 (Repealed L.N. 82 of 1986) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 7 (Repealed L.N. 82 of 1986) VerDate:30/06/1997 ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 8 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 8 VerDate:30/06/1997 The projection of any advertisement from any premises, place or spot to the sky, or to any other premises or place, or to any spot not within or on the premises herein first mentioned, by reflection, or light beam, or any other means of or similar to or comparable with magic lantern or cinematograph projection, is prohibited. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 9 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 9 VerDate:30/06/1997 Neon, etc., light signs On the hoisting of the No. 5 or any storm signal above that number, electric current supplying the transformers of neon signs attached to the outside of any building shall be cut off and such current shall remain cut off so long as any of the said signals remain hoisted. (G.N. 593 of 1939) ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 10 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 10 VerDate:30/06/1997 Every person who proposes to erect or cause to be erected any neon, electric or other similar light sign on or in any premises shall notify the Director of Fire Services in writing before such sign is erected. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 11 VerDate:01/01/2000 No person shall erect or cause to be erected or allow to remain on or in any premises occupied or used by him any sign which interferes with road traffic. (78 of 1999 s. 7) ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 11 VerDate:30/06/1997 No person shall erect or cause to be erected or allow to remain on or in any premises occupied or used by him any such sign which obstructs or renders less effective any fire-escape or other means of escape in, on or from any building, or which interferes with road traffic. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 12 VerDate:01/01/2000 Whenever it appears to the Director of Fire Services that any neon, electric or other similar light sign is for any reason, including inefficient maintenance, a source of serious risk of fire, it shall be lawful for him, by notice in writing specifying the reason, to require the removal of the sign. Within 7 days of the service of any such notice, the person by or for whom the sign was erected and is maintained shall cause the sign to be removed unless within such period of 7 days he satisfies the Director of Fire Services, by remedying any defect or otherwise, that the notice can safely be withdrawn. ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 12 VerDate:30/06/1997 Whenever it appears to the Director of Fire Services that any neon, electric or other similar light sign is for any reason, including inefficient maintenance, a source of serious risk of fire, it shall be lawful for him, by notice in writing specifying the reason, to require the removal of the sign. Within 7 days of the service of any such notice, the person by or for whom the sign was erected and is maintained shall cause the sign to be removed unless within such period of 7 days he satisfies the Director of Fire Services, by remedying any defect or otherwise, that the notice can safely be withdrawn. ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 13 VerDate:01/01/2000 In this Regulation, "neon sign" (霓虹燈標誌) means any arrangement of glass tubing charged with neon, argon, helium or other inert gas which when subjected to electrical pressure gives a bright glow, whether in the form of letters, characters, model, device, border or outline, designed to attract public attention to any building or place on or in which it may be affixed. (78 of 1999 s. 7) "neon sign" (霓虹燈標誌) ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 13 VerDate:30/06/1997 In these by-laws, "neon sign" (霓虹燈標誌) means any arrangement of glass tubing charged with neon, argon, helium or other inert gas which when subjected to electrical pressure gives a bright glow, whether in the form of letters, characters, model, device, border or outline, designed to attract public attention to any building or place on or in which it may be affixed. "neon sign" (霓虹燈標誌) ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 14 VerDate:01/01/2000 Penalties and Citation (1) Any person who contravenes section 1(1), 6, 11 or 12 shall commit an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (L.N. 82 of 1986) (2) Upon conviction for an offence against any of the sections mentioned in subsection (1), an order may be made for the removal of the advertisement. (3) Any person who fails to comply with any such order shall be liable to a fine of $50 for every day that he is in default and to imprisonment for 3 months. (L.N. 177 of 1996; 78 of 1999 s. 7) ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 14 VerDate:30/06/1997 Penalties and Citation (1) Any person who contravenes by-law 1(1), 3(1), 5(1), 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 shall commit an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (L.N. 82 of 1986) (2) Upon conviction for an offence against any of the by-laws mentioned in paragraph (1), an order may be made for the removal of the advertisement. (3) Any person who fails to comply with any such order shall be liable to a fine of $50 for every day that he is in default and to imprisonment for 3 months. (L.N. 177 of 1996) ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION - SECT 15 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) VerDate:01/01/2000 ADVERTISEMENTS BY-LAWS - BYLAW 15 VerDate:30/06/1997 These by-laws may be cited as the Advertisements By-laws. (G.N.A. 87 of 1951)