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Friday, June 16, 1972
If the person on whom the notice is served fails to comply with
it, he would be guilty of an offence, and the authorities may remove
the refuse and dispose of it.
A maximum fine of $1,000 is prescribed and a fine of $50 for
each day the offence continues.
The recipient of the notice may also be ordered by the court
to pay the expenses incurred by the authorities in removing and destroying
or disposing of the refuse, or cleaning the area where it was found.
Cleansing Operations
Another amendment to the principal ordinance would permit a written
notice to be attached to any article obstructing cleansing operations,
requiring its removal in not less than 24 hours.
If this notice is not complied with, or if the obstruction recurs
within the period specified in the notice, the article can be carried away
by the authorities and detained without further notice.
A further amendment to the principal ordinance would empower
an authorised public officer to require any person alleged to have committed
an offence against the anti-litter regulations to give his correct name
and address and produce evidence of these particulars. The public officer
would have the power to arrest any person failing to do ao.
The authorities would also be empowered, if they think fit, to
publish in any newspaper the details of any conviction for an offence against
the regulations.
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