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

Offences relating to animals

12.—(1) Any person who commits any of the following offences shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000:

(a)	being the owner or person in charge of any animal allows the animal to injure any tree or plant, or fence round any tree or plant, in or at the side of any public road, or to graze on the side of any public road;
(b)	allows any horse, cattle, goat, sheep or pig to stray upon, or tethers or pickets any such animal upon, any public road or State land or land in the possession of any local authority or public institution or land in the possession of any private person, without the permission of the owner or lawful occupier thereof;
(c)	leads or drives any horse, cattle, goat, sheep or pig in or near any public road without having them under proper control.

(2) All damage done by an animal mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is to be assessed by a Magistrate’s Court and is recoverable in the manner provided by law for the recovery of fines before Magistrates’ Courts from the owner of the animal, together with any amounts to be levied as fines.

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