88. If any Tenement-House or other domestic building or portion thereof shall be found to be in an overcrowded condition, the Board shall require the tenant of the same, or any portion thereof, and also if required the householder, each and severally, by means of a written Notice to abate such overcrowding within a period of one calendar month (or in the case of a second or subsequent notice, within three days) after the receipt of the Notice by such householder or tenant, and such Notice shall specify the cubic capacity available for habitation, in such Tenement-House or other domestic building and the number of persons which may legally be accommodated therein in the proportion of one adult for every three hundred cubic feet of clear space.
84. Any room of a Tenement-House used as a common kitchen, shall not be used as a sleeping room, and the householder or tenant thereof shall be responsible that such common kitchen is not so used, nor shall any passage, lobby, or other place partitioned off from any sleeping room to the height of the ceiling be included in the calculation of the cubic capacity available for human habitation.
85. In the calculation of cubic space for the purposes of the four preceding Sections two children fourteen years of or under fourteen years of age, shall be counted as one person, and every person over fourteen years of age shall be considered as an adult.
86. No person shall open or keep open a Common Lodging-House unless the house is registered and the keeper thereof is licensed by the Registrar General.
87. Every person who shall erect a domestic building shall not let the same or any portion thereof for occupation until such building shall have been previously examined by an Officer of the Board duly authorized by the Board, and certified by such officer as having been built in compliance with the entire provisions of this Ordinance, and as being in every respect fit and proper for human habitation.
88. Any person who shall not comply with the requirements of Sections 81, 82 and 83 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars or in default of payment to imprisonment not exceeding one month.
PART IX.
89. All expenses incurred by the Board in consequence of any default in complying with any Order or Notice issued under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be money paid for the use, and at the requirement of the person on whom the said Order or Notice was made, and shall be recoverable from the said person in the ordinary course of law at the suit of the Secretary to the Board duly authorised by the said Board.
90. The provisions of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875 shall apply to the recovery of all such expenses, and the certificate required by that Ordinance shall be signed by the Secretary.
91. Whoever assaults, obstructs, molests, or hinders any Member or Officer of the Board in the execution of the duties or exercise of the powers imposed or conferred upon him by this Ordinance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding three months.
92. Every Notice issued by the Board shall be in the form contained in Schedule to this Ordinance.
93. Every such Notice or Order may be served by any Officer or Servant of the Board by delivering the same to or at the residence of the person to whom it is addressed, and when addressed to the owner of any premises it may, if such owner cannot be found, be served by delivering the same to some person upon such premises, or if there be no person upon such premises who can be so served, by affixing the same to some conspicuous part of the premises.
94. Any person giving false evidence on oath or solemn affirmation in any enquiry held by the Board relative to the petition for the review of any Notice or Order issued by the said Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall in all respects be liable on conviction thereof before a competent Court, to the penalties provided by law against perjury.
95. Any person on whom there shall be served any Notice issued by the Board under the provisions of this Ordinance and who shall fail within the time specified in such Notice to comply therewith, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty-five dollars for every day during which such non-compliance shall continue.
Notices to Householder.
Common Kitchens not to be used for Sleeping.
Children of fourteen years.
Lodging-Houses.
Domestic Buildings.
Punishments.
Reimbursement of expenses to the Board.
Recovery of expenses.
Assaulting or Obstructing Officer of the Board.
Schedule 1.
Manner of serving Notices.
False evidence.
Penalties.
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88. If any Tenement-House or other domestic building or portion thereof shall be found to be in an overcrowded condition, the Board shall require the tenant of the same, or any portion thereof, and also if requisire the householder, cach and severally, by means of a written Notice to abate such overcrowding within a period of one calendar month (or in the case of a second or subsequent notice, within three days) after the receipt of the Notice by such house- holder or tenant, and such Notice shall specify the cubic capacity available for habitation, in such Tenement-House or other domestic building and the number of persons which may legally be accommodated therein in the pro- portion of one adult for every three lundred cubic feet of clear space.
84. Any room of a Tenement-House used as a conimou kitchen, shall not be used as a sleeping room, sud the house- holder or tenant thereof shall be responsible that such common kitchen is not so used, nor shall any passage, lobby, or other place partitioned off from any sleeping room to the height of the ceiling be included in the calculation of the cubic capacity available for human habitation.
85. In the calculation of cubic space for the purposes of the four preceding Sections two children fourteen years of under fourteen years of age, shall be counted as one person, and every person over fimurteen years of age shall be con- sidered as an adult.
86. No person shall open or keep open & Common Lodging-House unless the house is registered and the keeper thereof is licensed by the Registrar General. X 87. Every person who shall erect a domestic building shall not let the same or any portion thereof for occupation natil such building shall have been previously examined by an Officer of the Board duly authorized by the Board, and certified by such officer as having been built in com- pliance with the entire provisions of this Ordinance, and as being in every respect fit and proper for human habita-
tion.
X 88. Any person who shall not comply with the require- ments of Sections 81, 82 and 83 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars or in default of payment to imprisonment not exceeding one mouth.
PART IX.
89. All expenses incurred by the Board in consequence of any default in complying with any Order or Notice issued under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be money paid for the use, and at the require- ment of the person on whom the said Order or Notice was made, and shall be recoverable from the said person in the ordinary course of law at the suit of the Secretary to the Board duly authorised by the said Board.
90. The provisions of the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875 shall apply to the recovery of all such expenses, and the certificate required by that Ordinance shall be signed by the Secretary.
91. Whoever assumits, obstructs, molests, or hinders any Member or Officer of the Board in the execution of the duties or exercise of the powers imposed or conferred upon him by this Ordinance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Hundred dollars or to imprisonmenť not exceeding three months.
92. Every Notice issued by the Board shall be in the form contained in Schedule to this Ordinance.
93. Every such Notice or Order may be served by any Officer or Servant of the Board by delivering the same to or at the residence of the person to whom it is addressed. and when addressed to the owner of any premises it may, if such owner cannot be found, be served by delivering the same to some person upon such premises, or if there be no person upon such premises who cau be so served, by uffixing the same to some conspicuous part of the premises. 94. Any person giving false evidence on oath or solemn affirmation in any enquiry held by the Board relative to the petition for the review of any Notice or Order issned by the said Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall in all respects be liable on conviction thereof before u competent Court, to the penalties provided by law against perjury.
95. Any person on whom there shall be served any Notice issued by the Board under the provisions of this Ordinance and who shall fail within the time specified in such Notice to comply therewith, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty-five dollars for every day during which such non-compliance shall continue.
Notices to
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Children of fourteen
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Punishments.
Reisburee
uvant of expenses to the Board.
Recovery of expenses.
Assaulting Minder of Officer of the Board.
Schedule 1.
Manner of
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False videuor
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