### Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance 《公眾衞生及市政條例》

37. Power to remove members of the public from public bathhouses
The Authority or any person licensed under section 36(1) or any person duly authorized by the Authority or by such person licensed as aforesaid may remove from any latrine or bathhouse maintained, respectively, by it or him for the use of the public any person contravening any regulation made under the provisions of section 35.
(Amended 78 of 1999 s. 7)

38. Power to refuse admittance to certain members of the public to public bathhouses
The Authority or any person licensed under section 36(1) may refuse admittance to or remove from any latrine or bathhouse maintained, respectively, by it or him for the use of the public any person who has been convicted of—
(a) an offence under any regulation made under the provisions of section 35 relating to latrines or bathhouses; or
(b) an offence against public decency committed in any such latrine or bathhouse.
(Amended 78 of 1999 s. 7)

39. Appeals against action taken under section 37 or 38
Any person who considers himself aggrieved by removal from, or refusal of admittance to, any latrine or bathhouse under section 37 or 38 may appeal to the court, and the court may make such direction regarding the use by the appellant of such latrine or bathhouse as may in the circumstances appear to it to be just.
(Amended 78 of 1999 s. 7)

42. Regulations relating to swimming pools
(1) The Authority may make regulations in relation to swimming pools (including the precincts thereof) prescribing or providing for—
(a) the purity of water contained in any swimming pool, and the adequacy and cleanliness of accommodation provided thereat;
(b) the prevention of accidents;
(c) the conduct and standards of decency of persons resorting to swimming pools, including the exclusion or removal therefrom of persons suffering from communicable diseases and, in the case of public swimming pools, of undesirable persons;
(d) proper design and standard of finishing;
(e) the proper management and control of swimming pools, including licensing or registration. (Amended 49 of 1994 s. 8)
(f) (Repealed 49 of 1994 s. 8)(2) Regulations made under this section may be of general application or restricted to any particular swimming pool or to any class or type of swimming pool.

### Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance 《公眾衞生及市政條例》

42A. Public swimming pools
(1) The Authority may, by order published in the Gazette, designate any premises and the grounds appurtenant thereto as a public swimming pool. 
(2) The swimming pools specified in the Fourteenth Schedule shall be deemed to have been designated as public swimming pools. 
(3) The Authority may, by order published in the Gazette, amend, add to or delete from the Fourteenth Schedule. 
(Added 21 of 1973 s. 3. Amended 9 of 1976 s. 5)

42B. Management of public swimming pools
The management and control of every public swimming pool shall be vested in the Authority. 
(Added 21 of 1973 s. 3)

43. Rules relating to public swimming pools
(1) The Authority may, in relation to any public swimming pool, make rules which are not inconsistent with regulations made under section 42 to provide for the better control of persons in connection with the use of the swimming pool and to provide information relating to the use of the swimming pool. (Replaced 78 of 1999 s. 7)
(2) Any person who fails to comply with any rule made under the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

44. Use of public swimming pools for swimming contests, etc., or by schools or clubs
(1) The Authority may close temporarily to the public any public swimming pool, or any part of any public swimming pool, and may—
(a) grant, either gratuitously or for payment, the exclusive use thereof to schools or clubs, or to persons organizing swimming practices or contests, aquatic sports or similar entertainment; or
(b) itself use it for such practices, contests, sports or entertainments.
(2) The Authority may make, or authorize the making of, charges for admission to, or for the use of, any such swimming pool while it is closed to the public under the provisions of subsection (1).

45. Public swimming pools to be public places for certain purposes
Any public swimming pool shall be deemed to be a public place for the purposes of any enactment relating to offences against decency.

### Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance 《公眾衞生及市政條例》

46. Cleansing and destruction of filthy or verminous articles
(1) Where it appears to the Authority that—
(a) any article or thing is in such a filthy, dangerous or unwholesome condition that health is, or is likely to be, injuriously affected thereby; or
(b) the cleansing, disinfecting or destruction of any such article or thing is necessary in order to prevent risk of injury to health; or
(c) any such article or thing is infested with vermin or, by reason of having been used by any person infested with vermin, is likely to be so infested,
the Authority may cause the article to be cleansed, disinfected, disinfested or destroyed, as the case may be, and, if the Authority thinks fit, removed for that purpose.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the wrapper or cover of any article or thing shall be deemed to form a part of such article or thing.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be taken or construed to the prejudice of the provisions of the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599). (Amended 14 of 2008 s. 18)