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GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE
ACT NO.23
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE
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THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINACE, 1960
Whereas the said A.B (or the owner or occupier of the said premises within the nearing of the
Public Health Ordinance 1960} has this day appeared before me {or us, describing the Court} to
answer the matter of a complaint made by, etc, that at, etc, (follow the words of complaint in
summons} or in now proved to my (or our) satisfaction that a summons has been duly served
according to the public health ordinance, 1960, requiring the said A.B. (or the owner or occupier
of the said premises} to appear this day before me (or us) to answer the matter of complaint made
by, etc, that at, etc
{Any of the following orders may be made or a combination of any of them as the case seems to
require}
Now on proof here had before me {or us} that the nuisance so complained of does exist
at the said premises {add, where the order is made or the person causing the nuisance, add that
the same is caused by the act, default or sufferance of A.B. I (or we} in pursuance of the Public
Health Ordinance, 1960, do order the said A.B (or the said owner or occupier) within {specify the
time} from the service of this order, according to the said Ordinance {here specify the nuisance to
be abated, as for instance, to prevent the premises being a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to
health, or, for further instance, to prevent the ditch or drain being a nuisance or injurious to
health} {and state any works to be executed as for instance, to whitewash and disinfect the
premises or, for further instance, to clean out the ditch}
And I (or we) being satisfied that, notwithstanding the said nuisance may be temporarily
abated under this order, the same is likely to recur, do therefore prohibit the said A.B (or the said
owner or occupier} from allowing the recurrence of the said or a like nuisance, and for that
purpose I (or we) direct the said A.B (or the said owner or occupier} {there specify any work to
be executed as for instance, to fill up the ditch}.
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Now, on proof here had before me (or we) that at or recently before time of making the
said complaint, to wit, on……. The nuisance so complained of did exist at the said premises, but
that the same has since been abated (add, where the order is made on the person causing the
nuisance, and that the nuisance was caused by the act, default or sufferance of A.B.} yet,
notwithstanding such abatement, I (or we) being satisfied that it is likely that the same or the like
nuisance will recur at the said premises, do therefore prohibit (continue as in Prohibition Order
No.1}.
Now, on proof here had before me { or us} that the nuisance is such as to render the
dwelling house {describe the house} situated at {insert such a description of the situation as may
be sufficient to identify the dwelling house} unfit in my {or our} judgment for human habitation,
I (or we) in pursuance of the Public Health Ordinance 1960, do hereby prohibit the use of the said
dwelling house for human habitation.
Given under the hand and seal of me (or the hands and seals of us, describing the Court}
THIS DAY OF 20
J.S. (L.S.)
J.P. (L.S.)