Title 4 Laws of Bermuda Item 1(l)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

HAMILTON (VICTORIA 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 Closing of Park

4 Offences in Park

5 Written permission

Citation

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

Interpretation

2 In this Ordinance— "the Corporation" means the Corporation of Hamilton; "the Park" means Victoria Park; "shoeshining" means the cleaning or shining, or cleaning and shining, of boots or shoes; "tree" includes plant, shrub and vine; "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

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for the transportation of passengers, animals, goods or other loads.

Closing of Park

3 The Park will be closed to the public between the hours of one hour after sunset and 7.00 a.m. every night, except when otherwise authorized by the Corporation in writing.

Offences in Park

4 Any person, who 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, uses, parks or places any vehicle (except a child's carriage of moderate size or any invalid chair); or

(f) pushes, rolls or moves any box, puncheon, hogshead, barrel or other large package; or

(g) leaves or places wholly or partly on any footpath, anything calculated to endanger or obstruct any pedestrian; or

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

(i) rides, drives, leads or ties any animal of draught or burden; or

(j) loiters, lies, sits, stands about or with other persons congregates upon any footpath to the obstruction or annoyance of any pedestrian using such footpath; or

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

(l) 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

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

(n) is found during the prohibited hours; or

(o) drinks any intoxicating liquor;

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

(q) 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

5 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 (Victoria Park) Ordinance 1948 Amendment Ordinance 1980 Hamilton (Victoria Park) Ordinance 1948 Amendment Ordinance 1982.]

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