Title 4 Laws of Bermuda Item 1(k)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

HAMILTON (POINT PLEASANT PARK) ORDINANCE 1948

[made under section 38 of the Municipalities Act 1923 [title 4 item 1] and brought into operation on 19 April 1949]

ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS

1 Citation

2 Interpretation

3 Offences in Park

4 Written permission

Citation

1 This Ordinance may be cited as the Hamilton (Point Pleasant Park) Ordinance 1948.

Interpretation

2 In this Ordinance — "the Corporation" means the Corporation of Hamilton; "the Park" means Point Pleasant Park and the roadways leading to and from that Park from the southern side of Pitts Bay Road; "shoeshining" means the cleaning or shining, or the cleaning and shining, of boots or shoes; "sidewalk" means any paved or unpaved portion of any roadway in the Park which has been or shall hereafter be provided by the Corporation for the use of pedestrians, and include any footpath; "tree" includes plant, shrub and vine;

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"vehicle" includes any motor car, wagon, carriage, cart, trailer, motor-cycle, cycle, wheelbarrow or other conveyance (except a baby carriage, perambulator or invalid chair) which is used for the transportation of passengers, animals, goods or other loads.

Offences in Park

3 Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, in the Park—

(a) is improperly or indecently dressed; or

(b) skates on any roller skates; or

(c) does any shoeshining; or

(d) leaves, throws away or places any bottle, can, receptacle, paper or trash; or

(e) propels any vehicle on any portion of the Park, other than a roadway; or

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

(g) pushes, rolls or moves any box, puncheon, hogshead, barrel or other package wholly or partly along any side walk or grassed area except when necessarily crossing it in a direct line and by the shortest practicable course to or from the roadway; or

(h) leaves or places wholly or partly on any sidewalk anything calculated to endanger or obstruct any pedestrian: or

(i) deposits, places, throws or leaves any filthy or offensive matter or substance; or

(j) rides, drives or leads any animal of draught or burden along any sidewalk or so near thereto as to be dangerous or annoying to any pedestrian on any such sidewalk; or

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

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

(m) breaks, destroys, climbs, marks, picks, uproots, 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

2 1989 Revision Title 4 Laws of Bermuda Item 1(k)

(n) damages, destroys, uproots or otherwise injures any turf or grass; or

(o) ties any animal to any tree, or to any guard, fence, rail or other structure erected for the protection of any tree; or

(p) drinks any intoxicating liquor;

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

(r) who plays or operates a radio or other device for the reproduction or creation of music or other sounds, commits an offence against this Ordinance, and shall be liable to prosecution for an offence against the Municipalities Act 1923 [title 4 item 1].

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 (Point Pleasant Park) Ordinance 1948 Amendment Ordinance 1972 Hamilton (Point Pleasant Park) Ordinance 1948 Amendment Ordinance 1980 Hamilton (Point Pleasant Park) Ordinance 1948 Amendment Ordinance 1982.]

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