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The commissioners may from time to time fix the hours within which only it shall be lawful to empty privies or remove offensive matter within the limits of the special Act; and when the commissioners have fixed such hours, and given public notice thereof, every person who within the limits of the special Act empties or begins to empty any privy, or removes along any thoroughfare within the said limits any offensive matter, at any time except within the hours so fixed, and also every person who at any time, whether such hours have been fixed by the commissioners or not, uses for any such purpose any cart or carriage not having a covering proper for preventing the escape of the contents of such cart, or of the stench thereof, or who wilfully slops or spills any such offensive matter in the removal thereof, or who does not carefully sweep and clean every place in which any such offensive matter has been placed, or unavoidably slopped or spilled, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F1[F2£25]][F1level 1 on the standard scale]; and in default of the apprehension of the actual offender the driver or person having the care of the cart or carriage employed for any such purpose shall be deemed to be the offender.
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F1 “level 1 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) for “£25” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 31(5)(6)(9)
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