Ch. 30. No. 1.] Advertisements Regulation.

 

Removal

of unautho-
rised hoard-

ings and
advertise-
ments,

Penalties.

Saving.

authorised under this Ordinance, the Governor may give
directions to the Warden to that effect.

8. (1) Unless authorised under section 4 or exempted
under section 5, any hoarding erected and any advertise-
ment exhibited at the date of the coming into force of
regulations or bye-laws, as the case may be, made under this
Ordinance, shall be removed by the person responsible
therefor within six months from such date, and if not so
removed as aforesaid such person shall be served with a
notice in writing by the City or Borough Council or the
Warden concerned to remove the hoarding or advertise-
ment within one month, and on failure to comply with such
notice, such person shall be deemed to have committed a
contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance and shall
be liable to the penalties hereinafter prescribed.

(2) If no person responsible therefor can be found
within six months from the date of the coming into force of
such regulations or bye-laws, the City or Borough Council,
or the Warden, as the case may be, may remove or cause to
be removed any such hoarding or advertisement and may
do all such other acts and things as may be deemed necessary
for the removal of the same.

9. (1) Any person committing a contravention of the
provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations or bye-
laws made thereunder shall be liable, on summary conviction,
to a fine of twenty-four dollars, and to a further fine of five
dollars for every day during which the offence is continued
after his conviction thereof.

(2) All penalties recovered under this Ordinance for
offences committed within a City or Borough shall be paid to
the funds of the local authority concerned.

10. Nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to hoardings
erected and advertisements exhibited by any Department of
the Government or by any Military or Naval or Air Force
authority, or by any Judicial authority, or by any Municipal
authority, or to any notice relating to any service in a church,
chapel, temple or mosque.