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or injury of any person in or near a
public place, the principal contractor
on the site and the contractor carrying
out the construction, repair or decoration
commits an offence and is liable to a fine
of $50,000 and imprisonment for one year.
(3) It shall not be a defence to a
charge against an occupier under subsection
(1) nor against a contractor under sub-
section (2) that the person who dropped
the thing or allowed it to fall has not
been prosecuted or that the thing was
dropped or allowed to fall without the
consent or knowledge of the occupier or
contractor, as the case may be, but an
occupier or contractor so charged shall
not be convicted if he proves to the
satisfaction of the court that he could
not reasonably have prevented the thing being dropped or allowed to fall to the
danger or injury of any person in or near
a public place or that reasonable measures had been taken by him or another person
to prevent such an occurrence."