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)
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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.



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(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(2)	(Repealed 13 of 1995 s. 2)



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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) 
 


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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.


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(Repealed L.N. 82 of 1986) VerDate:01/01/2000







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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)


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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.


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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)


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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)


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