Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10)

Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 126

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126. (1) No person shall, without a licence from the sanitary authority, the duration of whic h shall not exceed one year, kee p on any premises within the limits mentioned in sub-article (2) of the last preceding article, any animal of the bovine species, or an y pig, goat, sheep, horse, mule or donkey. Conditions of licence. (2) The sanitary authority shal l not grant any licence for the keeping of any of such animals in any cellar within the said li mits; or for the keeping of any such animal in any other place within such 26 CAP. 10.] CODE OF POLICE LAWS limits, unless the floo r thereof is of hard stone, asphalt or a ny other impervious material, and is connected with the public sewer in a manner approved by the sanitary authority and unless such place is provided with such ventilators as the sanitary authority may consider necessary. Power of Superintendent of Public Health. (3) The Superintendent of Public Health may refuse to grant or renew any such licence whenever , in his opinion, the keeping of any of the said animal s may cause a nuisance. Power of Minister responsible for public health to extend application of this article. (4) The Minister responsible for public health may from time to time, on the advice of the Gener al Services Board, direct, by m eans of a notice published in the Gazette, that all or any of the provisions of this article shall apply to any other locality no t mentioned in sub-article (2) of the last preceding article. Prohibition to keep sheep-pens etc., in certain localities, Amended by: XIV .1885.3; XIII.1913.2; XV .1920.13; XVI.1931.42.

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