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10. Paragraph (a) of section 3 creates the following new offences; .
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(1) dropping building material etc., to the danger of
persons passing;
(2) forming, without lawful authority, trenches or other
obstructione in public places, and failing to fence
off and light trenches or other obstructions;
(3) picking over refuse in any public place;
(4) keeping nosly pets.
Section 4 increases the penalty for stone dressing to $250,
and extends the power of prohibition possessed by the Governor in
Council from the City of Victoria to the whole Colony.
12. Section 5 increases the penalty under section 8 of the princi-
pal Ordinance to $250. The latter amount does not seem too large
for some of the offences and it is the amount recognised by section
80 of Ordinance 3 of 1890. This same section amends the cruelty
paragraph of section 6 so as to make it apply to animals and birds
of all descriptions.
13.
Section 6 increases the penalty under section 8 of the princi-
pal Ordinance to $250. It also creates a further prohibition
against depositing building rubbish, etc., on Crown land without a
permit from the Director of Public Works.
14. Section 7 repeals sub-section (3) of section lla of the prin-
cipal Ordinance, which is now transferred to section 2 of that Ordi-
nance.
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Section 8 makes restaurant keepers liable for the playing of
This liabil- chai mui on their premises within prohibited hours.
ity on the keeper at present applies only in the case of brothels
and common lodging-houses.