Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890

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Penalty for erecting buildings on ground filled up with offensive matter.

25.—(1) It shall not be lawful to erect a new building on any ground which has been filled up with any matter impregnated with fæcal, animal, or vegetable matter, or upon which any such matter has been deposited, unless and until such matter shall have been properly removed by excavation or otherwise, or shall have been rendered or have become innocuous.

(2) Every person who does or causes, or wilfully permits to be done any act in contravention of this section shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and a daily penalty not exceeding forty shillings.