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Watchman or servant
making noise by direction of proprietor
of dwelling-house, etc.
Liability of proprietor of dwelling-house.
Destruction
No. 1 of 1845.,
SUMMARY OFFENCES.
(2) Any person who shall contravene any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(3) This section shall apply only to such districts as the Governor in Council may direct by notification in the Gazette.
14. If it appears to the magistrate that the person so offending acted as watchman or servant of the proprietor or occupier of any dwelling-house, warehouse, or other out-house, office, or premises, or of the inhabitant or person in charge thereof, or by or with the direction, knowledge, sanction, sufferance, or permission of such proprietor or occupier or of such inhabitant or person in charge as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the magistrate to dismiss the charge as against the watchman or servant or person acting as such and to summon forthwith before him the proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge aforesaid, and being satisfied that he did so direct, sanction, suffer, or permit the making of the said noise, to impose a fine on such proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge aforesaid, not exceeding one hundred dollars.
15. When any such noise as aforesaid is made in or upon any dwelling-house or premises, if it is impracticable or difficult to apprehend, discover, or identify the person so making it, it shall be lawful for the magistrate, on information thereof, to summon before him the proprietor or occupier, or inhabitant or person in charge, of such dwelling-house or premises, and if it appears that such noise was made by the direction or with the knowledge, sanction, sufferance, or permission of the proprietor, occupier, inhabitant, or person in charge, to impose on him a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
16.-(1) It shall be lawful for any police constable to destroy any dog or other animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state, or which has been bitten by any dog or animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state.
and animals.
*See G. N. No. 41 of 1913,
As amended by No. 6 of 1918.