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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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