Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act(CHAPTER 184)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Verandah public roads
4 Offences how punishable
Part II OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND NUISANCE
5 Assemblies and processions
6 Burning material or discharging firearm in public road
7 Duty of police officers as to dangerous animals
8 Dog running at persons, etc.
9 Ferocious dog at large
10 Liability of dog owner
11 Nuisances
12 Offences relating to animals
13 Other offences relating to public road
13A Intentional harassment, alarm or distress
13B Harassment, alarm or distress
13C Fear or provocation of violence
13D Threatening, abusing or insulting public servant
14 Excessive noise
14A Making of harassing or obscene telephone calls to emergency telephone numbers
14B Liability of subscriber
14C Furnishing of information
15 Relief for occupier of premises from nuisance
16 Obstruction in canals, etc.
17 Penalty for depositing corpse or dying person
Part III OTHER OFFENCES
18 Drunkenness in public places
19 Soliciting in public place
20 Riotous, disorderly or indecent behaviour in, or in the immediate vicinity of, certain places
21 Wilful trespass on property
22 Possession of housebreaking implements or offensive weapons
23 Penalty for taking intoxicant, etc., into public hospital
24 Improper management of house of public resort
Part IV VAGRANCY
25 Interpretation of this Part
26 Disorderly or indecent behaviour by prostitutes
27 Rogues and vagabonds
27A Appearing nude in public or private place
28 Any person may arrest offender
29 Search of conveyance or goods of person arrested
30 Search of premises for idle and disorderly person and rogue and vagabond
31 Magistrate may take recognizances for good behaviour in certain cases
Part V TOUTING
32 Touting for business
33 Touting in public offices
34 Seizable offence
Part VI FRAUDULENT POSSESSION OF PROPERTY
35 Fraudulent possession of property
36 Secondhand dealers and money-changers to report property stolen or fraudulently obtained
37 Melting or defacing metals, etc., within 3 days of receipt
38 Register of workers and dealers in metals
39 Employees not affected
Part VII MISCELLANEOUS
40 Power of arrest
Legislative History