Section 17, The Freetown Improvement Short title

Where the Director of Public Works has signified hisapproval of the erection of a new building subject to the condition that such building or some part thereof shall be used for a specified purpose, any person who, without the permission in writing of the Director of Public Works, uses the building or that part thereof for a different purpose shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and to a further fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day during which the offence continues: Provided that a Magistrate shall not convict any person charged with an offence against this section if such person proves to the Magistrate's satisfaction- (a) that, at the time when he first used the building for a purpose different from that specified in the condition, he had no notice of the condition; and (b) that, within a month of receiving such notice, he complied with such condition and has continued to do so since.