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Section 48: Certain duties of Police Officers within the limits of Towns. Obstructions and nuisances in roads.

The Madras District Police Act, 1859Central Act · Act 24 of 1859

Any person who in any street, road, thoroughfare, or passage, within the limits of any Town, commits any of the following offences, to the obstruction, inconvenience, annoyance, risk, or damage of the residents and passengers, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty Rupees, or to imprisonment not exceeding eight days; and it shall be lawful for any Police Officer to take into custody without warrant any person who within view commits any such offence.

First. slaughtering cattle, furious riding, &c.— Any person who shall slaughter any cattle or clean any carcase in the streets; any person riding or driving any cattle recklessly and furiously, or training or breaking any horse or other cattle on or near any public road, to the danger of the passers:

Second. Cruelty to animals.—Any person who wantonly or cruelly abuses or tortures any animal:

Third. Obstructing passengers.—Any person who shall keep any cattle, or conveyance of any kind standing in any road or street longer than is required for loading or unloading, or for taking up or setting down passengers; or who shall leave any conveyance in such a manner as to cause inconvenience or danger to the public.

Fourth. Exposing goods for sale on road.—Any person exposing goods for sale on the road so as to obstruct passengers:

Fifth. Throwing dirt into street.—Any person who throws or lays down any dirt, filth, rubbish, or any stones or building materials; or who constructs any pial, cowshed, stable, or the like within the bounds of any thoroughfare; or who causes any offensive matter to run from any house, factory, dung heap, or the like into the street:

Sixth. Being Found drunk in any thoroughfare.—Any person found in any thoroughfare drunk and riotous or incapable of taking care of himself.

Seventh. Indecent exposure person.—Any person who willfully and indecently exposes his person, or any offensive deformity or disease, or commits nuisance by easing himself in or by the side of, or near any public street or thoroughfare; or by bathing or washing in any tank or reservoir, not being a place set apart for that purpose:

Eighth. Neglect to protect dangerous places.—Any person who neglects to fence in or duly to protect any well, tank, or other dangerous place or structure.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Madras District Police Act, 1859
Section48
Marginal noteCertain duties of Police Officers within the limits of Towns. Obstructions and nuisances in roads.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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