POLICE OFFENCES ACT, 1884.

Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 14, 6 June 1885, Page 3

POLICE OFFENCES ACT, 1884.

On account of two working men having been brought up and fined under the 16th section of the above Act, and its important bearing upon every section of the community, we deem it advisable to place the Act in its entirety before the public so that all our sucscribers may be conversant with its provisions. We intend giving as much each week as our space will permit until completed : — Hl.—Any person guilty of any of the following offences is liable for every such offence, omission, or neglect to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, that is to say—1. Throws or places any glass, filth, dirt, rubbish, or other matter of a similar nature, or any earth, stones, or other material, upon any public place.

2. Rides or drives, or wheels any truck barrow, or carriage of any kind upon or along any public footpath, or carries any load on his shoulders or otherwise, to the danger or obstruction of persons using such footpath. 3. Places any hoarding, scaffolding, timber, bricks, or other building material upon any public place without having first obtained the permission of the local authority. 4. Leaves standing or lying upon any part of a public place any truck, wheel-

barrow, or other similar thing, or any packing case, crate, basket, cask, barrel, package, or any other incumbrance. 5. Burns any litter, straw, shavings, or combustible materials upon any public place, or on any open space near any building, and so as to endanger such building. 6. Leaves any inflammable materials or matter in any public place, or on any open space near any building, without having first obtained the permission of the local authority. 7. Draws or trails any sledge, timber, or any other heavy material in or upon any public place to the injury of or material damage to such public place. 8. Allows the drippings of the eaves of any house to fall upon any public footpath or footway. 9. Opens any drain or sewer, or removes the surface of any public footpath, public footway, or public carriage road, or makes any cellar door or other opening from the footway of any public place, without having first obtained the permission of the local authority. 10. Has any awning or showboard or signboard on any public footpath or footway not being eight feet clear above such footpath or footway, or hangs any goods on or under such awning over such footpath or footway. 11. Exposes for sale any article whatsoever on or outside of any shop window or doorway abutting on any public place, so as to encroach thereon.

12. Suspends or places any carcase, meat, or offal so as to overhang any part of a public place. 13. Neglects to clean any private yard, way, passage, or avenue, by which neglect a nuisance, by offensive smell or otherwise, is caused. 14. Empties any privy or cesspool, or carts away any nightsoil or other offensive matter, without a license from, and without having given such security as may be required by the local authority. 15. Spills or casts, or allows to be spilt or cast, into or upon any public place, any nightsoil or other offensive matter. 16. Sells or exposes for sale, or has in possession with intent to sell, any unwholesome meat, fish, game, poultry, or fruit, or vegetables, or milk.

17. Slaughters, except in cases of inevitable necessity, or skins any animal upon any public place, or permits any slaughtered animal or skin to remain there, or leaves any dead animal on such place. 18. Throws or leaves any dead animal or part thereof, or animal remains, or offensive matter of any kind upon any public place, or into any river, creek, stream, or other water, or on the bank thereof.

19. Suffers any dead animal or any part thereof to remain unburied upon his land or on premises in his occupation adjacent to any public place, so as to become a nuisance.

20. Neglects to bury or cause to be buried the body or part of the body of any animal belonging to him, or in his charge or keeping, that may have died while straying, or while beipg driven from any one place to another. 21. Exposes in any public place (except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for that purpose) any horse or other animal for show, hire, or sale ; or shoes, bleeds, or dresses any horse in any public place.