1989 Ed.]
Summary Offences
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special permit as the Commissioner of Police in his absolute discretion may issue; (Added 26 of 1933 s. 2. Replaced 11 of 1949 s. 3) (30) trespasses or allows any beast to trespass upon or in any messuage, tenement, cemetery or land vested in or under the control or management of any public officer or department whatsoever;
(31) (Repealed 25 of 1965 s. 2)
(32) rakes or picks over any refuse deposited in or upon any public place, vacant land or refuse depot, or in any dust bin, dust box, dust basket or dust cart standing in or upon any public place, vacant land or refuse depot, or removes any portion of any refuse so deposited,
(33) (Repealed 54 of 1972 s. 18)
shall be liable to a fine of $500 or to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Amended 11 of 1949 s. 3; 9 of 1964 s. 3)
4A. Obstruction of public places
Any person who without lawful authority or excuse sets out or leaves, or causes to be set out or left, any matter or thing which obstructs, inconveniences or endangers, or may obstruct, inconvenience or endanger, any person or vehicle in a public place shall be liable to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Replaced 54 of 1972 s. 18)
4B. Objects dropped from buildings
(1) If anything is dropped or allowed to fall from any building to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place, the person who drops that thing or allows it to fall commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) If anything is dropped or allowed to fall from any building in the course of the construction, repair or decoration of the building or part thereof, to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place, the principal contractor on the site and the contractor carrying out the construction, repair or decoration commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for 1 year.
(3) It shall not be a defence to a charge against a contractor under subsection (2) that the person who dropped the thing or allowed it to fall has not been prosecuted or that the thing was dropped or allowed to fall without the consent or knowledge of the contractor, but a contractor so charged shall not be convicted if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that he could not reasonably have prevented the thing being dropped or allowed to fall to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place or that reasonable measures had been taken by him or another person to prevent such an occurrence.
(Added 61 of 1977 s. 3)
1989 Ed.]
Summary Offences
[CAP. 228
7
special permit as the Commissioner of Police in his absolute discretion may issue; (Added 26 of 1933 s. 2. Replaced 11 of 1949 s. 3) (30) trespasses or allows any beast to trespass upon or in any messuage, tenement, cemetery or land vested in or under the control or management of any public officer or department whatsoever;
(31) (Repealed 25 of 1965 s. 2)
(32) rakes or picks over any refuse deposited in or upon any public place, vacant land or refuse depot, or in any dust bin, dust box, dust basket or dust cart standing in or upon any public place, vacant land or refuse depot, or removes any portion of any refuse so deposited,
(33) (Repealed 54 of 1972 s. 18)
shall be liable to a fine of $500 or to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Amended 11 of 1949 s. 3; 9 of 1964 s. 3)
4A. Obstruction of public places
Any person who without lawful authority or excuse sets out or leaves, or causes to be set out or left, any matter or thing which obstructs, inconveniences or endangers, or may obstruct, inconvenience or endanger, any person or vehicle in a public place shall be liable to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Replaced 54 of 1972 s. 18)
4B. Objects dropped from buildings
(1) If anything is dropped or allowed to fall from any building to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place, the person who drops that thing or allows it to fall commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) If anything is dropped or allowed to fall from any building in the course of the construction, repair or decoration of the building or part thereof, to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place, the principal contractor on the site and the contractor carrying out the construction, repair or decoration commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for 1 year.
(3) It shall not be a defence to a charge against a contractor under subsection (2) that the person who dropped the thing or allowed it to fall has not been prosecuted or that the thing was dropped or allowed to fall without the consent or knowledge of the contractor, but a contractor so charged shall not be convicted if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that he could not reasonably have prevented the thing being dropped or allowed to fall to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place or that reasonable measures had been taken by him or another person to prevent such an occurrence.
(Added 61 of 1977 s. 3)
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