CAP. 132] Commercial Bathhouses (Urban Council)
By-laws
[1986 Ed.
Fees.
LN228/87
21 of 1973, s. 20.
L.N. 275/75.
L.N. 70/80.
LN. 88/81.
L.N. 104/83.
L.N. 104/83.
Bathhouses to be public places for the purpose of public decency.
Offences and penalties. L.N. 84/84.
27228/87
Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.
(3) Every order made under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Gazette.
17. (1) Every licence issued under these by-laws shall be renewable annually on 1 April.
(2) The grant or renewal of any such licence shall be subject to the payment in advance to the Council of a fee of $1,575/$1,850
Provided that, where any such licence is issued after 30 September in any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant of that licence shall be one-half of the fee prescribed.
(3) Where the Council is satisfied that any such licence has been lost or destroyed, the Council may upon payment of a fee of $60 issue a duplicate thereof.
18. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that every part of a bathhouse shall, for the purpose of offences relating to public decency, be deemed to be a public place.
19. (1) Any person who-
(a) contravenes any of the provisions of by-law 4, 9(1), 10, 11,
13, 15(1), (4) or (5), or 16(2);
(b) being a person employed or working in a bathhouse--
(i) fails to submit himself to medical examination when required to do so under the provisions of paragraph (2) of by-law 15; or
(ii) fails to cease to work in any bathhouse when required to do so by the provisions of that paragraph; or
(c) fails to comply with any direction given to him under the
provisions of by-law 15(6),
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) In the event of any contravention of any of the provisions of by-law 7, 8, 9(2) or (3) or 12, the licensee of the bathhouse shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under these by-laws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500 and to imprisonment for 1 month and, where the offence is a continuing offence, shall be liable in addition to a fine of $10 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.
20. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the Council.
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CAP. 132] Commercial Bathhouses (Urban Council)
By-laws
[1986 Ed.
Fees.
LN228/87
21 of 1973, s. 20.
L.N. 275/75.
L.N. 70/80.
LN. 88/81.
L.N. 104/83.
L.N. 104/83.
Bathhouses to be public places for the purpose of public decency.
Offences and penalties. L.N. 84/84.
27228/87
Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.
(3) Every order made under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Gazette.
17. (1) Every licence issued under these by-laws shall be renewable annually on 1 April.
(2) The grant or renewal of any such licence shall be subject to the payment in advance to the Council of a fee of $1,575 $1850
Provided that, where any such licence is issued after 30 Sep- tember in any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant of that licence shall be one-half of the fee prescribed.
(3) Where the Council is satisfied that any such licence has been lost or destroyed, the Council may upon payment of a fee of $60 issue a duplicate thereof.
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18. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that every part of a bathhouse shall, for the purpose of offences relating to public decency, be deemed to be a public place.
19. (1) Any person who-
(a) contravenes any of the provisions of by-law 4, 9(1), 10, 11,
13, 15(1), (4) or (5), or 16(2);
(b) being a person employed or working in a bathhouse--
(i) fails to submit himself to medical examination when required to do so under the provisions of paragraph (2) of by-law 15; or
(ii) fails to cease to work in any bathhouse when required to do so by the provisions of that paragraph; or
(c) fails to comply with any direction given to him under the
provisions of by-law 15(6),
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) In the event of any contravention of any of the provisions of by-law 7, 8, 9(2) or (3) or 12, the licensee of the bathhouse shall be guilty of an offence.
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(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under these by-laws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500 and to imprisonment for 1 month and, where the offence is a continuing offence, shall be liable in addition to a fine of $10 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.
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20. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact- ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the Council.
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