Disposal of property coming into PossCasion of certala public
officers and
public bodies,
(Cap. 227).
Services of notices.
Apthentica- tion and production in evidence of docoments.
Presumption
as to
employment
of servants.
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133. Where, under any of the provisions of this Ordinance, any public officer or public body who or which is an Authority for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Ordinance comes into posses- sion of any property, section 48 of the Magistrales Ordinance shall, unless the manner of disposal of the same is otherwise expressly pro- vided, apply as if such public officer or public body were the police within the meaning of that section and such property were property which bad come into the possession of the police in connexion with a criminal offence.
134. Unless otherwise expressly provided, any order, notice, demand, certificate or other document required to be served under the provisions of this Ordinance may be served either-
(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; (6) by sending it by registered post addressed to the last known
place of business or residence of the person to be served: (c) by leaving it with an adult occupier of the premises or place to which the notice relates or by posting it upon a conspicuoUS part of such premises or place:
Provided that, in addition to or in substitution for any such method of service, publication in the Gazette of any such order, notice, demand. certificate or other document, together with such particulars of the person to whom it is addressed as may be available, shall be deemed to be good service.
135, (1) Save where otherwise expressly provided, any order, notice, demand, certificate or other document made by any public officer or public body under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be signed by such public officer or by a public officer authorized in writing in that behalf by such public officer or public body:
Provided that, where the public body is the Urban Council, such order, notice, demand, certificate or other document shall be signed by the Secretary of the Council or an assistant secretary thereof.
(2) Any document purporting to be an order, notice, demand certificate or other document made under the provisions of this Ordio- ance by a public officer or public body and signed in the manner provided in subsection (1) shall be received in evidence, and shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to be such an order, notice, demand. certificate or other document without further proof.
136. Any person who appears to be employed in or about au premises, or any part of any premises. in respect of which any licence or permit is granted under this Ordinance shall be deemed, until the contrary is shown, to be a servant of the person to whom such licens or permit was granted.
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137. Where an offence under this Ordinance, or any regulations Offences by or order made under this Ordinance, which has been committed by a corporations, corporation is proved to have been committed with the consent or con- divance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporation, of of any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he. as well as the corporation, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
servants
138. A public officer shall not be personally liable in respect of Protection any act done by him in the execution or purported execution of this for public Ordinance and within the scope of his employment, if he did that act acting in in the honest belief that his duty under this Ordinance required or good faith, entitled him to do it:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Crown from liability in respect of the acts of its servants.
in the
139. Any person who wilfully obstructs, resists, or uses abusive Obstruction language to, any person acting in the execution of his duties under of officers this Ordinance, or under any order or warrant made or issued there exercise of under, shall, in any case for which no other provision is made by this their duty. Ordinance, be guilty of an offence.
Vaccination
140. Where, under the provisions of this Ordinance, any person is Onus of required to be vaccinated, inoculated or otherwise immunized against proving disease, the onus of proving that such vaccination, inoculation or im- munization has been performed shall rest upon the person required to inoculation. be so vaccinated, inoculated or immunized, as the case may be.
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several
141. (1) Where proceedings under this Ordinance are competent Proceedings against several persons in respect of the joint act or default of such against persons, it shall be sufficient to proceed against one or more of them persoas. without proceeding against the others.
(2) Where an offence consists of a failure to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served by any public officer or public body who or which is an Authority for the purposes of uny of the provisions of this Ordinance and a similar notice was served upon several persons
respect of such matter-
(a) it shall be sufficient to proceed against one or more of such
persons without proceeding against the others; and
(6) where more than one such person is proceeded against, the court may treat such persons for all purposes as though they were joint offenders.
142. Any public officer or public body may delegate any power. Delegation function, authority or discretion conferred upon him or it by the provi- of powers. sions of this Ordinance, other than a power to make regulations, to any public officer or class of public officers: