POLICE OFFENCES ACT, 1884.

Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 16, 20 June 1885, Page 2

POLICE OFFENCES ACT, 1884.

(Coni if\uea from, our last.) 2 Leaves any hole, excavation, or dan-

gerous formation in, upon, or near any public place without fencmg or enclosing the same, or keeping a light burning i upon such enclosure from sunset to sunI rise. 3. Does not keep in good repair any rail, gate, fence, or cover over or about any area or entrance to any cellar or other place opening into or upon or near any public place or, keeps open for more I’ian a reasonable time for taking in or out any articles any entrance to any such area, cellar, or other place. 4. Throws any offensive matter, or any live animal with the intention of drowning it, into any river, watercourse, canal, or o;her place whence the supply of water for the use of the inhabitants is obtained. VI. Any person who commits any of the next following t Offences, for every such offence, is liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pourtds, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, that is to say, who—1. Wilfully breaks any pane of glails rn the window of anwtaUdipg. 2. extinguished* or injures or breaks any jamp, or wilAiiv breaks or injures any 3. Wilfully trespasses place, and neglects or reuses TO leave such placet after being warned to do so by the owner or any person authorized by or on behalf of the owner. 4. Wantonly or maliciously defaces, injures, or removes any door-plate, or other plate or board with any name or notice thereon, or any bell, knocker, signboard, or gate. 5. Wilfully sets on fire any timber, bush, scrub, grass, fem, flax, or other vegitation updn any land not his own property or in his own occupation. VII. Any person who commits any of the next following offences shall, <m conviction thereof, be liable to a penally not exceeding twenty pounds, or to imprisonment not exceeding two months, that ’ is to say,— 1. Any person who cruelly beats, illtreats, overdrives, overloads, abuses, or tortures any animal, as herein after defined, or being the owner of or having the charge of such animal, omits to supply any such animal with proper and sufficient food, water, or shelter. 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 such animal, or permits or suffers

any place to be so used, and any person who receives nioney for the admission of any other person' to any place kept or used as aforesaid. 3. Any person who in any manner encourages, aids, or assists at the fighting or baiting of any such animal ; and • 4. Any person who slaughters, brands, conveys, or carries, or causes to be slaughtered, branded, conveyed or carried, any such animal in such a manner or position as to subject such animal to unnecessary pain or suffering. The word “animal.” in this and the next succeeding section, means and includes any beast or bird of any kind or species whatever, and whether of domestic or wild nature, and whether indigenous or imported into, the colony. Provided that, if any. conviction under this section take place before a Resident Magistrate or any two or more Justices, such Magistrate or Justices may, instead of inflicting a money penalty, forthwith sentence the offender to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding six months. VIII. A®yp erson who doe's ot omits to do, or causes or procures to be done or omitted to be done, any act the commission or ookission of which is constituted tTp ofeWCc under the last-preceding section v and thereby causeySox damage or injury to any strch animal, or thereby causes any damage be done to any person or to any property, shall pay to the owner of such anima! or property (if the offender be ngUhe owner thereof), or to the shall sustain damage or injury es 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 such person is convicted. IX. The payment of such compensation, or any impnsajilnent for the nonpayment thereof, >hall not prevent or in any manner affedf any penalty ur punishment to which a*y nersfl<mayfee liable for or in respectrof any offence committed by him under section seven. And nothing herein contained shall prevent Rfiy proceedin«Jrs#iction against any offender of the employer of such offender, when the amount of damage or injury Is not sought to be recovered under this Act.

Every information or complaint in respect of an offence under sections seven or eight shall be laid or made within one month after the cause of offence or complaint arises.