Part 11. General Police Provisions.

Otago Witness, Issue 875, 5 September 1868, Page 4

Part 11. General Police Provisions.

11. If -any person commit any of the next following offences he shall on conviction forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds or be imprisoned for any period not exceeding three months or both in the discretion of the justice before whom the case is heard — 1. Placing any obstruction upon any road canal or river whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered. 2. Leaving any hole excavation or dangerous formation in or near any public placo or thoroughfare without fencing or [enclosing the same or keeping a light burning upon such enclosure from sunset to sunrise. 3. Not keeping in good repair any rail gate fence or cover over or about any area or entrance to any cellar or other place or keeping open for more than a reasonable time for taking in or out any articles any I entrance to any area cellar or other place I such area or entrance opening into or 'upon or near any public street road thoroughfare or other public place. 4. Throwing any offensive matter or any live animal with the intention of drowning it into any river watercourse canal or other place whence the supply of water for the use of the inhabitants is obtained. 12. Any person wilfully guilty of any of tho following offences and being duly convicted thereof shall forfeit a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for the first offence and for any second or subsequent offence not less than forty shillings nor more than twenty pounds — 1. Any driver of any vehicle injuring any person or property whatever by negligence or driving on the wrong side of the road or being away from his horse or cattle so as to be unable to have the full control of them. 2. Driving any cart waggon or dray without the name and residence of the owner thereof being painted in a legible and permanent manner on the right or off side in letters of at least one inch in length. 3. . Driving any dog or goat harnessed or attached to, any vehicle through any public place. 4. Any carter riding on any cart dray or waggon not being a light or spring cart usually driven with reins and no competent person having charge of the animal drawing the same. 5. Any person who acts as driver or has the sole charge of more than one vehicle on any public road 'or street unless in cases where two of such vehicles and no more are drawn each by one horse only and the horse of the hinder of such vehicles shall bo attached by a sufficient rein to the tack of the foremost of such vehicles. 6. Driving any vehicle whatever or riding any animal and when meeting any other other vehicle or animal not keeping on the left or near side of the road or street or when passing any other vehicle or animal going in the same direction not going or passing or not allowing any person desirous so to do to pass when practicable on the right or off side of such other vehicle or animal. 7. Turning loose or allowing to wander any cattle or other beast upon any public road or thoroughfare or in the streets or thoroughfares of any town. 8. Suffering to be at large and unmuzzled any ferocious dog or setting on urging or permitting any dog or other animal to attack or worry or put in fear any person horse or other animal or by illusage or negligence in driving any cattle causing any mischief to be done by such cattle. 9. Obstructing or preventing the driving of any cattle along over or across any public road bridge or thoroughfare. 10. Leaving upon any public road or thoroughfare any plough harrow cart or other vehicle without any horse or animal being harnessed thereto unless in consequence of some accident having occurred. 11. Slaughtering or skinning any beast upon any public road or thoroughfare or permitting any slaughtered beast or skin to remain there or leaving any dead beast on such road or thoroughfare. 12. Having any timber iron or boards laid across any vehicle going along any public road or thoroughfare so that either end projects more than one foot beyond j the wheels or sides of any such vehicle. 13. Any driver or guard of a public vehicle for the conveyance of passengers wilfully delaying on the read using any abusive or insulting language to any passenger or by reason of intoxication negligence or other misconduct endangering the safety or property of any passenger or other person or demanding or exacting more than the proper fare due from any passenger. 14. Wilfully encumbering or obstruct-

ing a public thoroughfare in any manner n©t before specially described. 13. Any person who shall commit any of the next following offences shall on conviction pay to the person aggrieved compensation for or the value of the injury done to be assessed by the adjudicating justice to an amount not exceeding in any case fifty pounds and shall also be liable to the penalty and punishment hereinafter specified for the caseß respectively — 1. Any person destroying damaging or polluting or obstructing any aqueduct dam Bluice pipe pump watercourse or fountain. 2. Or destroying or damaging any tollbar toll-gate or other public work used as a means for collecting any toll or due shall for a first offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds or to imprisonment for a period not exI ceediug three months and for a second or j subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. 3. And any artificer "workman or journeyman or apprentice wilfully damaging spoiling or destroying any goods wares work or material committed to his care or ! charge 4 And any person wilfully breaking any pane of glass in the window of any building. 5. Or wilfully breaking or extinguishing any lamp or wilfully breaking or injuring any lamp-post 6. Or wilfully trespassing in any place and neglecting or refusing to leave such place after being warned to do so by the owner or any person authorised by or on behalf cf the owner 7. Wantonly or maliciously defacing injuring or removing any door-plate bell knocker sign-board or gate or wantonly or maliciously disturbing any inhabitant by ringing any door-bell knocking at any door blowing any horn beating any drum using any other noisy instrument in any street or ringing any fire-bell. 8. Wilfully destroying or damaging any public building erection survey - mark bridge sew6r culvert watercourse road footway or other public work or property. 9. Or committing any injury or damage to any property (whether private or public) not hereinbefore provided for the injury done being under the value of twenty pounds shall be liable to a penalty not exceedingtwenty pounds or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months Provided that nothing hereinbefore contained shall extend to any case where the person offending acted under a fair and reasonable supposition that he had a right to do the act complained of. 14. Any person who commits any of the next following offences Bhall on conviction thereof be liable to the punishment hereinafter specified for the cases respectively that is to say — 1. Any person who cruelly beats illtreats overdrives overloads abuses or omits to supply with sufficient food or water any animal. 2. Any person who keeps or uses or acts in the management of any place for the purpose of fighting or baiting any kind of animal or permits or suffers any place to be so used. 3. Any person who in any manner encourages aids or assists at the fighting or baiting of any animal. 4. And any person who conveys or carries or causes to be conveyed or carried any animal in such a manner or position as to subject any such animal to unnecessary pain or suffering shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds or to imprisonment with or without hard labor for any period not exceeding two months. 5. Any person who by cruelly beating ill-treating overdriving overloading abusing inciting to fight not supplying with sufficient food or water or torturing any animal does any damage or injury to such animal or thereby causes any damage or injury to be done to any person or to any property shall in addition to such penalty or imprisonment as aforesaid pay to the owner of such animal if the offender be not the ownerthereof or to the person who shall sustain damage or injury as aforesaid such sum of money by way of compensation not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds as shall be ascertained and determined by the justice by or before whom such person shall be convicted. And whenever any person _ having charge of any vehicle or animal is taken into custody by any constable for any offence against the provisions of this section such constable may take charge of such vehicle or animal and deposit the same in some place of safe custody as a security for payment of any penalty to which the person having had charge thereof or the owner thereof may become liable and for payment of any expenses which may have been or may be necessarily incurred for taking charge of and keeping the same and any justice before whom the case is heard may order such vehicle or such animal to be sold for the

purpose of satisfying such penalty and reasonable expenses in default of payment thereof in like manner as if the same had been subject to be and had been distrained for the payment of such, penalty and expenses.