SUMMARY OFFENCES.
No. 1 of 1845.
21
1845
No. 1 of 1845.
Rep
New hd 40 of 1932
[Originally
preservation of No. 14 of 1845.
An Ordinance to make provision for the
good order and cleanliness and the prevention
of nuisances.
[26th Dec., 1845.]
No. 1 of 1913.
No. 6 of 1918. No. 3 of 1919. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1845.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Lawful authority" extends to and denotes any permission which may be lawfully given by a public officer or department or by a private person.
(b) Where no specific description is given of the ownership of any property, the word "property" shall be taken to apply to all such property of the kinds specified, whether owned by the Crown, by a public department, or by a private person.
(c) "Public officer"; "Public department" extends to and includes the Governor and every officer or department invested with or performing duties of a public nature, whether under the immediate control of the Governor or not.
(d) "Public place" includes all piers, thoroughfares, streets, roads, lanes, alleys, courts, squares, archways, passages, paths, ways and places to which the public have access either continuously or periodically, whether the same are the property of the Crown or of private persons.
Nuisances, trespasses, and similar offences.
3. Every person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars who commits any of the following offences:--
(1) throws or lays, or causes or knowingly permits to be thrown or laid, any carrion, dirt, soil, straw, or dung, or any other filth, rubbish, or noisome or offensive matter whatsoever, on any public place, or on any Government property
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923. As amended by No. 6 of 1918.
SUMMARY OFFENCES.
No. 1 of 1845.
21
1845
No. 1 of 1845.
Rep
New hd 40 of 1932
[Originally
preservation of No. 14 of 1845.
An Ordinance to make provision for the
good order and cleanliness and the prevention
nuisances.
[26th Dec., 1845.]
of
No. 1 of 1913.
No. 6 of 1918. No. 3 of 1919. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Summary Offences Short title. Ordinance, 1845.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) Lawful authority" extends to and denotes any per- mission which may be lawfully given by a public officer or department or by a private person.
(b) Where no specific description is given of the owner- ship of any property, the word "property" shall be taken to apply to all such property of the kinds specified, whether owned by the Crown, by a public department, or by a private person.
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* ́*; (c) “Public officer"; Public department "extends to and includes the Governor and every officer or department invested with or performing duties of a public nature, whether under the immediate control of the Governor or not.
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(d) Public place" includes all piers, thoroughfares, streets, roads, lanes, alleys, courts, squares, archways, passages, paths, ways and places to which the public have access either continuously or periodically, whether the same are the property of the Crown or of private persons.
Nuisances, trespasses, and similar offences.
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3. Every person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Nuisances two hundred and fifty dollars who commits any of the following offences:--
(1) throws or lays, or causes or knowingly permits to be · thrown lor laid, any carrion, dirt, soil, straw, or dung, or any other filth, rubbish, or noisome or offensive matter what- soever, on any public place, or on any Government property
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923. As amended by No. 6 of 1918.
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