Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10)
Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 114
114. ( 1 ) T h e o w n e r o r t h e t e n a n t o f a h o u s e a n d , o r t h e
Administrator of a Condominium shall, within thirty calendar da ys of a
notice issued by the Electoral O ffice, mark in a visible place each
external door, either with the number provided to them or in an y other
form of their own choice, the next consecutive number to such door, and
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in the case where doors are adde d between doors which have alre ady
been given a number, there shall be added to every repeated num ber, a
letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order, starting from th e first letter.
The numbers previously assigned shall be removed under such ter ms
and conditions as may b e prescribed by the Electoral Office in such
notice.
(2) It shall be unlawful to def ace or destroy the number or
letter of any door.
(3) In the case where the owner or the tenant of a house and,
or the Administrator of a Condominium fail to comply with the
provisions of sub-article (1), the Electoral Office shall have the right to
affix the assigned numbers in the presence of a Police officer.
(4) Any owner or tenant of a house and, or the Administrator
of a Condominium who fails to comply with the provisions of sub -
articles (1) and (2), shall be in breach of the law and liable, when found
guilty, to a fine of twenty-five euro (€25).
(5) In the case it is decided that numbers are allocated to
properties on a private road, suc h road shall remain a private road.
Street naming and
alteration of
number of street
doors.
Amended by:
XVII.1893.12;
L.N. 4 of 1963
II.2016 .3.
Publication of
order concerning
such alteration.
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