Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 2

2. In this Code, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent with such construction or unless it is ther ein otherwise expressly provid ed - the expression "architect" means any person authorized to practise the profession of arch itect and civil engineer under t he provisions of the Ar chitects Ordinance; the expression "cattle-pen" means any place in which there are more than two animals of the bovine species; the expression "cellar" means a ny part of a house the floor of which is more than one metre bel ow the level of the nearest str eet; the expression "cemetery" mean s any cemetery, tomb or other site destined for the burial of dead bodies, wherever situate; the expression "common tene ment-house" means any house where more than two families resi de and there is not in the roo m or apartment occupied by each family a separate privy and a separa te water supply; the expression "court-yard" includes any court-yard, garden or other uncovered space; Cap. 94. the expression "General Services Board" means the Board constituted under article 41 of the Department of Health (Constitution) Ordinance ; the expression "harbour" means any harbour, port, bay, cove, creek or seashore; the expression "house" means a ny house properly so called, and includes any mezzanine, room, store or other building made chie fly of stone or other material u sed in building construction; the expression "inhabited area" m eans any area in which there i s an aggregation of houses inhabited or capable of being inhabite d by more than one hundred persons; Cap. 499. the expression "Authority for Transport in Malta" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act ; the expression "mason" means an y person who constructs wholly or in part, any stone or brick building not built without morta r, even though the work done or commenced by such person consists merely in the erection of a wall intended to form part of a bui lding, or in the formation of a cistern, privy, sink or cesspool or of a conduit for the passage of filt hy water or sewage matter; the expression "owner", used with reference to immovable property, includes any person representing the owner in the administration of the property concerned, or act ing on behalf o f the owner or assuming the character of owner, according to circumstances; the expression "person" incl udes an association or body of persons; 4 CAP. 10.] CODE OF POLICE LAWS the expression "pigsty" means a ny place in which there are more than two pigs; the expression "place of the p rivy" means the closet or other enclosed place in which the privy is situate; the expression "privy" includes any latrine, or other fixed receptacle intended for the immed iate use of man for his natura l wants, and any aperture communi cating with a sewer, cesspool, p it, or other place for the deposit of filth or sewage matter, inten ded for the use and wants as aforesaid , even though such receptacle or aperture be also intended for other purposes; the expression "sanitary authority" includes the General Servic es Board, the Superintendent of Pub lic Health, a Medical Officer o f Health, a Sanitary Engineer, a He alth Inspector, and any other person appointed by the Minister responsible for public health to ensure the observance of this Co de so far as it relates to publ ic health; the expression "sheep-pen" means any place in which there are more than four sheep or goats; the expression "street" means any street and includes any road, alley, square, fortification or other place of public passage; Cap. 499. the expression "vehicle" has the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act ; the expression "vessel" means any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation. Added by: II.1897.1. Amended by: VI.1937.2. Substituted by: XV .1962.2. Repealed by: I.1992.63. PART I * TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING SCHEMES *Articles 3 to 19, both inclusiv e, were repealed by Act No. I o f 1992. CODE OF POLICE LAWS [CAP. 10. 5 PART II OF STREETS Width of new streets. Amended by: II.1880.1; VII.1889.1; XVII.1893.1,2; I.1920.2; XIII.1921.2; VI.1937.3; XLIX.1948.5; IV .1950.2; XIV .1958; VII.1959.2; XV .1962.14; XXV .1962; L.N. 2 of 1963; III.1965.3; LVIII.1974.68; XIV .1981.2; XXIII.2000 .30; XV .2009.49.