Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906

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3 Verandah public roads

4 Offences how punishable

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

12 Offences relating to animals

13 Other offences relating to public road

14A Making of harassing or obscene telephone calls to emergency telephone numbers

14B Liability of subscriber

14C Providing of information

14D Communicating false message

15 Relief for occupier of premises from nuisance

16 Obstruction in canals, etc.

17 Penalty for depositing corpse or dying person

19 Soliciting in public place

20 Riotous, disorderly or indecent behaviour in, or in immediate vicinity of, certain places

21 Wilful trespass on property

22 Loitering in place, vessel, etc., without satisfactory explanation

22A Carrying truncheons, etc., in public places

23 Penalty for taking intoxicant, etc., into public hospital

24 Improper management of house of public resort

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 recognisances for good behaviour in certain cases

32 Touting for business

33 Touting in public offices

34 Arrestable offence

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

Miscellaneous Offences
(Public Order and Nuisance)
Act 1906

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act relating to offences against public order, nuisance and property.

[6 July 1906]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“cattle” includes bulls, cows, bullocks and buffaloes;

“horse” includes mules and asses;

“in or near any public road” includes all places in the public road, and all places within 9 metres of it not being effectually separated from and hidden from the road by a wall or otherwise;

“public place” means any place or premises to which at the material time the public or any section of the public has access, on payment or otherwise, as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission;

“public road” includes every road, street, passage, footway or square over which the public has a right of way.

Verandah public roads

3. The open verandahs of houses abutting on the public roads are public roads for foot passengers subject to all rights of property of the owners of those houses.

Offences how punishable

4. All offences under this Act are to be tried by a Magistrate’s Court or a District Court; and despite the provisions of any other written law, a Magistrate’s Court or a District Court has the power to impose the maximum penalty prescribed for any such offence.

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