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Buildings.
"pail latrine" means latrine accommodation including a receptacle for human excreta;
"partition wall" means any wall of the height of one storey only, or of a less height, used or constructed to be used for separating one part of a building from another part of the same building, and not coming under the definition of "cross wall", "external wall", "main wall" or "party wall";
"party structure" means a party wall, and also a partition, floor or other structure separating, vertically or horizontally, buildings, storeys or rooms which belong to different owners;
"party wall" means a wall forming part of a building and used or constructed to be used in any part of the height or length of such wall for the separation of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners or occupied or constructed or adapted to be occupied by different persons;
"person" includes a body corporate, a partnership and an association of persons unincorporated;
"premises" includes any land, building, or structure of any kind, footway, yard, alley, court, garden, stream, nullah, pond, pool, field, marsh, drain, ditch, or place open, covered or inclosed, cesspool or foreshore and any vessel lying within the waters of the Colony;
"public building" includes any building not in occupation of the naval, military or air force authorities, used for public worship, public instruction, public assembly or public recreation; and also any building used as an hotel or as a public hall or hospital, or for any other public purpose whatsoever;
"room" includes any subdivision of any storey of any domestic building other than— (a) a cubicle; (b) a drying-room, store room, pantry, lobby or landing which is not used for sleeping purposes;
"storey" means the space between the upper surface of every floor and the upper surface of the floor next above it where such floor exists, but does not include any space which has less height than 9 feet. In the case of a top storey which has a ceiling and the ceiling is horizontal throughout, the space shall be measured from the upper surface of the floor to the underside of the ceiling.
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Buildings.
"pail latrine" means latrine accommodation including a
receptacle for human excreta;
"partition wall" means any wall of the height of one storey
only, or of a less height, used or constructed to be used for separating one part of a building from another part of the same building, and not coming under the definition of "cross wall”, “external wall", "main wall” or "party wall";
"party structure" means a party wall, and also a partition, floor or other structure separating, vertically or horizontally, buildings, storeys or rooms which belong to different owners;
"party wall" means a wall forming part of a building and used or constructed to be used in any part of the height or length of such wall for the separation of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners or occupied or constructed or adapted to be occupied by different
persons;
"person" includes a body corporate, a partnership and an
association of persons unincorporated; "premises" includes any land, building, or structure of any kind, footway, yard, alley, court, garden, stream, nullah, pond, pool, field, marsh, drain, ditch, or place open, covered or inclosed, cesspool or foreshore and any vessel lying within the waters of the Colony; "public building" includes any building not in occupation. of the naval, military or air force authorities, used for public worship, public instruction, public assembly or public recreation; and also any building used as an hotel or as a public hall or hospital, or for any other public purpose whatsoever;
"room" includes any sub-dion of any storey of any
domestic building other than- (a) a cubicle:
(b) a drying-room, store room, pantry, lobby or
landing which is not used for sleeping purposes; "storey" means the space between the upper surface of
every floor and the upper surface of the floor next above it where such floor exists, but does not include any space which has less height than 9 feet. In the case of a top storey which has a ceiling and the ceiling is horizontal throughout, the space shall be measured from the upper surface of the floor to the underside of the
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