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Dumping of corpses of

CarCASA.

Raking and picking over any refuse deposit, etc.

Caution to

he taken when removing cub- bish through a street,

Precaution

to prevent the falling of flth when conveyed through streets.

Removal of offensive or noxious rmatter or Tiquid through

strcels, etc.

mud, clay, lime or other material which is adhering to the wheels, framework or body thereof and which is likely to result in the dirtying or injuring of the road surface.

11. No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, place, or cause to be placed, any corpse or carcase or any part thereof in any street or public place, open space, beach, foreshore, refuse barge of refuse depot or any drain, water-course or harbour.

12. No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, rake, pick over or grub in any refuse deposited in or upon any public place, vacant || land, refuse depot or refuse dump, or remove or scatter any portion of any refuse so deposited.

13. No person, in removing from any premises any filth, dus, ashes, salt or refuse of whatever description, shall deposit it upon any street or public place or in the sea.

14. (1) Every person conveying any filth, dust, ashes, salt or refuse of whatever description in or through any street or public place shall take all necessary precautions to prevent the same from falling upon such strect or public place.

(2) 16, during such conveyance, any filth, dust, ashes, salt or refuse of whatever description shall so fall, such person shall forthwith clan the place on which it falls.

15. (1) Save with the permission of the Council, no person shall remove or carry, or cause to be removed or carried, through any street or public place any excretal matter, pigwash, manure or other offensive or noxious matter or liquid of whatever description unless-

(a) the removal or carriage is effected in a receptacle, vehicle or vessel properly constructed of impervious material and covered with a close fitting lid so as to prevent the escape therefrom of any of the contents or any smell;

(6) in the case of the removal or carriage of excretal matter, such removal or carriage is effected between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.; and

(e) in the case of the removal or carriage of pigwash, such removal or carriage is effected between the hours of midnight and 9 am. (2) No person shall empty, discharge, deposit or place in, or convey to, any gully, drain, sewer or any inlet thereto any pigwash.

(3) If in the course of its removal or carriage through any street or public place, any such excretal matter, pigwash, manure or offensive or noxious matter or liquid has been dropped or split, the person who has caused or allowed it to be dropped or split shall immediately cause the place whereon it was dropped or split to be cleansed.

PART IIL

Disposal of house refuse.

16. The occupier of any premises shall, at least once in every Removal of wenty four hours, save in the case of a typhoon or other exceptional house

refuse. circumstances, remove from such premises, in the manner provided in this Part. all house refuse accumulated therein.

17. Where a refuse chute is provided in any premises, the occupier Duty of of such premises or of any part thereof shall tip, or cause to be tipped, ecupier all house refuse, other than dangerous refuse, into the hopper provided chute is herefor in the chute.

where refuse

provided.

18. (1) Where a refuse chute is provided in any premises, the Day of owner of such premises, or, if the chute is in separate ownership, the owner of owner of such chule, shal—

(2) at all times, maintain the shaft, hopper, storage chamber and surrounds in a clean condition and take all other necessary precautions to prevent any nuisance arising therefrom;

(b) provide, and use at the chute. portable refuse storage containers of sufficient capacity to receive the refuse tipped into the chule and made of such material and to such specifications as the Council may approve; and

(c) each day, remove, or cause to be removed, to such refuse boat or refuse depot as the Council may allocate for the purpose all of the refuse tipped into the chute:

Provided that, where the portable refuse storage containers do not exceed three and a quarter cubic feet capacity, the contents thereof may be deposited daily in a public refuse collection vehicle.

(2) Where a refuse chute is provided with an incinerator as part of the installation, sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) shall apply to the incombustible residue after incineration of the refuse in the same manner 39 if such incombustible residue were ordinary house refuse.

(3) Where the Council, by agreement with the owner of any prom- ises provided with a refuse chute, or, where a refuse chute is in separate ownership, with the owner of such refuse chute, undertakes to effect the removal of refuse from such chute-

(sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) shall not apply;

(b) such agreement shall be subject to such terms and conditions

as the Council may think fit; and

(e) without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub- paragraph (6), the following matters shall be deemed to be

refuse chute.