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Section 132, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

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(l) The Rural Area Council may from time to timemake under the common seal such bye-laws as to them seem meet- (a) for the health, order and good government of the whole or any part of the Rural Area; (b) for the prevention of vagrancy and the suppression of nuisances; and (c) for the issue of licences and permits and the payment of fees therefor. (2) Bye-laws made under this section may impose a :fine not exceeding ten pounds or in default of payment imprisonment not exceeding two months for the breach of any such bye-laws, and in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding one pound for each day after written notice of the offence has been served on the offender. (3) With regard to such bye-laws the following provisions shall apply- (a) The Rural Area Council shall not make a bye-law until the expiration of thirty days after a notice of the Rural Area Council's intention to make the same has been published in the Gazette. (b) A bye-law made by the Rural Area Council shall not come into force unless and until it is approved by the Governor in Council and subsequently published in the Gazette. (4) Any offence against such bye-law may be prosecuted summarily. Governor's approval of Bye-laws.

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