SHORT TITLE,
990
Schedule, contd.
AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
42. The Advertise- ments Regulation Ordinance, 1912. (No. 19 of 1912), -contd.
(b) the prescribing of fees to be charged in connexion with any of the above
matters.
4. Every person who fails to comply with or Penalties.
commits any breach of any regulation made under this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and to an order for the removal of the advertisement. Every person who fails to comply with any such order shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars a day for every day that he is in default and to imprisonment for any term not exceed- ing three months.
5.—(1) If any persou-
(a) against whom an order for the re- moval of an advertisement is made by a magistrate; or
Power to Director
of Public Works to enter
premises and remove advertise-
(b) on whom a notice under the hand of the Clerk of Councils is served requiring ments. the removal of an advertisement on such grounds as may be prescribed by regula- tions,
to
fails
remove the advertisement as required by such order or notice, then with- out prejudice to the liability of such person to any penalty for non-compliance with the order or the liability of such person or owner for any breach of regulations, it shall be lawful for any person authorized in that behalf by the Director of Public Works at any time in the daytime to enter into and upon the land or building on or in which the advertisement is erected or exhibited and to remove or obliterate the advertise- ment.
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(2) It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works, the Commissioner of Police or any persons deputed by either of them for that purpose to enter at any time into and upon any premises and remove any sky sign erected or maintained in contravention of regulations.
(8) The materials of any advertisement removed in pursuance of this section shall be forfeited to the Crown.
(4) The Director of Public Works, the Commissioner of Police and any person so authorized or deputed by either of them as aforesaid shall not be held liable for any damage done by him in course of the re- moval or obliteration of any advertisement in pursuance of this section.
(1) Any expenses incurred by the Director Expenses of of Public Works in consequence of any de- removal of fault in complying with an order or notice advertise- requiring the removal of any advertisement ment by shall be deemed to be money paid for the of Public use and at the request of the person against Works and whom the said order or the person or owner recovery
thereof.
Director
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