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  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5 (Repealed)
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13A (Repealed)
13B (Repealed)
13C (Repealed)
13D (Repealed)
14 Excessive noise
14A Making of harassing or obscene telephone calls to emergency telephone numbers
14B Liability of subscriber
14C Furnishing 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

Part III OTHER OFFENCES

18 (Repealed)
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 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

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
41 Regulations

  Legislative History

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