Amended
No 10
29/1924
New So
26
No. 1 of 1845.
Other nuisances,
in the nature of trespass
or damage.
Occupying or building on Crown
SUMMARY
SUMMARY OFFENCES.
6, or, if such offence has not been committed within view of such constable, then on the complaint of any person who has been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to, the commission of such offence.
(2) In the absence of any such constable, it shall be lawful for any person so injured or annoyed, or who has seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he
be given into the custody of a police constable, or until he can be taken before a magistrate.
8. The offences next hereinafter specified shall be deemed to be nuisances within the meaning of all laws at any time in force for the better repression of nuisances, save that the court or magistrate before whom any person is found guilty of any such offence, in lieu of all other punishment for the same, shall order him for every such offence to pay a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars; that is to say,-
(1) felling, cutting, destroying, or injuring any standing or growing tree, shrub, or underwood, any grass-sod or turf, or any fence or portion thereof (except in any case where any such offence is proved to have been committed with a felonious intention);
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(2) doing any act whereby injury or obstruction, whether directly or consequentially, may accrue to a public road, path, or walk, or to the shore of the sea, or to navigation, mooring, or anchorage, transit, or traffic;
(3) trespassing, by man or beast, upon or in any messuage, tenement, cemetery, or land vested in or under the control or management of any public officer or department whatsoever;
(4) obeying any call of nature on any way or in any public exposed or other improper place, to the annoyance of other persons; and
(5) depositing any earth, stones or building rubbish or other materials on Crown land without a permit from the Director of Public Works.
9(1) No private person shall occupy or erect any building or other thing whatsoever upon land not being under lease from the Crown, without the licence of the Director of
Public Works.
Licence.
* As amended by No. 6 of 1918.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.