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Report by the Medical Officer of Health upon bye-laws for houses let in lodgings or tenement-houses
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Penalties.
16.—Every person who shall offend
against any of the foregoing By-laws
shall be liable for every such offence
to a penalty of five pounds, and in
the case of a continuing offence to a
further penalty of forty shillings for
each day after written notice of the
offence from the Sanitary Authority.
Provided that the justices or court
before whom any complaint may be
made or any proceedings may be
taken in respect of any such offence
may, if they think fit, adjudge the
payment as a penalty of any sum
less than the full amount of the
penalty imposed by this By-law.
Repeal of Regulations.
17.—From and after the date of
the confirmation of these By-laws,
the Regulations relating to houses
let in lodgings, which were confirmed
on the 30 th day of August in the
year One thousand eight hundred
and ninety by the Local Government
Board, shall be repealed.
Approved by the Vestry at a
Meeting held on Wednesday, the
27th of September, 1893.
The Common Seal of the
Vestry affixed hereto in
the presence of
Thos. Eccleston Gibb,
Vestry Clerk.
Allowed by the Local
Government Board this
13th day of November,
1893.
Henry H. Fowler,
President.
Hugh Owen,
Secretary
16.—It appears from this clause
that these By-laws cannot be enforced
except "after written notice
* * * from the Sanitary
Authority."