Litter Act, 1982
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Provision in relation to offences. |
16.—(1) An offence under this Act (other than section 10 of this Act) may be prosecuted by the local authority in whose area the offence was committed. | |
(2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. | ||
(3) An offence under section 10 of this Act may be prosecuted by the local authority in whose area the offence was committed or by the occupier of the land on which the vehicle the subject of the offence was abandoned. |