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Section 48: Any person-
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( I) who shall place or leave or cause to be placed or left,
without the consent of the Director of Public Works, any
lumber, brick or stone, or any goods, bale, package, puncheon,
barrel or cask, or any box, basket, tray or other impediment
whatsoever-
(a) in any street,
(b) upon any quay or wharf, except witliin the space of
twenty feet from the outward edge of such quay or wharf,
or within such space for any time exceeding three days
from the time of the same being first placed upon such
quay or wharf, or
(2) whosoever by leaving, washing, cleaning or repairing
any vehicle, whether a motor vehicle, cart or gig and whether
in good or dismantled condition, or any part of such vehicle,
in any street, quay or wharf shall obstruct or impede the free
passage of such street, quay or wharf, or
(3) who shall do any of the aforesaid acts mentioned in this
se.cti?n on any land abutting on any street and not enclosed
Withm a wall or fence,
shall.b~ guilty of an offence, and shall be liable, upon summary
convwtwn, to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for each
~uch offence and to a further penalty of ten shillings for each
ay that the offence continues:
of ~rovi.ded nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Director
. ubhc Works to cause any such article to be removed from
the street, and to sell the same, unless it be claimed and taken
awaY by the owner thereof within seven days after such removal;
Plots without
buildings
deemed to be
occupied.
of
obstruction
of streets.
Crossings
over open
drains.
Removal of
crossings
over open
drains.
of removal of
soil or
material
from streets.
Notification
of intention
to lay out
new street.
Failure of
Director of
Public Works
to fix levels.
and the expenses of the Director of Public Works for, or incident
to, the removing, keeping or selling of any such article shall be
repaid to him by the owner, and be recoverable as damages, or
be deducted from the proceeds of the sale of any such article.
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