Title 4 Laws of Bermuda Item 1(la)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

HAMILTON (CITY HALL) ORDINANCE 1972

[made under section 38 of the Municipalities Act 1923 [title 4 item 1] and brought into operation on 15 May 1972]

ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS

1 Citation

2 Interpretation

3 Offences on City Hall grounds

4 Written permission

Citation

1 This Ordinance may be cited as the Hamilton (City Hall) Ordinance 1972.

Interpretation

2 In this Ordinance, the following expressions shall, where the context so admits, have the following respective meanings: "the Corporation" means the Corporation of Hamilton; "the City Hall" means the building known as the City Hall in the City of Hamilton; "the grounds" means the steps leading to the City Hall and the grounds immediately surrounding the City Hall as the same are more particularly delineated and outlined in red on the plan dated April 1972 and prepared by Messrs. Clark and Doidge, a copy whereof, certified under the hand of the Mayor and the Seal of the Corporation to be correct, has been deposited in the office of the Secretary to the Corporation and is open to inspection by the public between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. during any working day;

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"tree" includes plant, shrub and vine; "vehicle" includes any conveyance (except a baby carriage, perambulator or invalid chair) whether mechanically propelled or otherwise which is used for the transportation of passengers, animals, goods or other loads.

Offences on City Hall grounds

3 Any person commits an offence against this Ordinance and accordingly shall be liable to prosecution for an offence against the Municipalities Act 1923 [title 4 item 1], who —

(a) without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, traverses or remains in any part of the grounds; or

(b) without such authority or excuse, in the grounds—

(i) leaves, throws away or deposits any bottle, can, receptacle, paper or trash, or any filthy or offensive matter or substance; or

(ii) propels any vehicle, other than along a roadway; or propels any vehicle otherwise than in accordance with traffic signs regulating the use of a roadway; or

(iii) parks, leaves or places wholly or partly any vehicle other than in an area designated for that purpose by traffic signs; or

(iv) leaves or places wholly or partly on any footpath, roadway or car park, anything likely or calculated to endanger or obstruct any person using the same; or

(v) loiters, lies, sits, stands about, or with other persons congregates; or

(vi) breaks, destroys, climbs, marks, picks, uproots, or otherwise injures any tree, bulb or flower; or

(vii) breaks, destroys, removes or otherwise damages any guard, fence, rail, notice, sign, light standard or any other device or structure placed or erected by the Corporation; or

(viii) is improperly or indecently dressed or openly exposes his person; or

(ix) openly exhibits any obscene print, picture or other indecent exhibition; or

(x) is guilty of riotous, offensive or indecent behaviour; or

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(xi) broadcasts any sound with the use of any amplifier, loud hailer or otherwise; or

(xii) who plays or operates a radio or other device for the reproduction or creation of music or other sounds.

Written permission

4 Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the Corporation giving written permission to any person to do any act which in the absence of such permission might constitute a contravention of this Ordinance and any such permission shall be a good and valid authority to the holder thereof in accordance with its terms.

[Amended by: Hamilton (City Hall) Ordinance 1972 Amendment Ordinance 1980 Hamilton (City Hall) Ordinance 1972 Amendment Ordinance 1982.]

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