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15. Subject to the provisions of these Bye-laws, the landlord of a lodginghouse
shall cause all such means of ventilation as are provided in or in
connexion with any room in the lodging-house to be maintained at all times
in good order.
16. Where, in pursuance of any statutory provision in that behalf, an order
of a justice has been obtained for the removal from a lodging-house to a
hospital of a person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disease
and is without proper lodging or accommodation, the landlord of the lodginghouse,
where the landlord resides in any part of the premises and the lodger
to whom any room whereof the person aforesaid may be an occupant has been
let shall, on being informed of the order, forthwith take all such steps as are
requisite on the part of the landlord and of the lodger, respectively, to secure
the safe and prompt removal of the said person in compliance with the order,
and shall in and about the removal, adopt all such precautions as, in
accordance with any instructions which the landlord and the lodger,
respectively, may receive from the Medical Officer of Health of the Corporation,
are most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
17. Where a duty imposed upon or a prohibition applied to the landlord of
a lodging-house is by any Bye-law expressly imposed or applied subject to
the provisions of these Bye-laws, proceedings shall not be taken against the
landlord for an offence against the Bye-law unless and until the landlord, after
service upon him of a notice in writing by the Corporation requiring him
within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice to comply with the
Bye-law has failed to comply with the Bye-law within the time so specified.
Penalties.
Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing Bye-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 Corporation:
Provided, nevertheless, 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 Bye-law.
Repeal of Bye-laws.
From and after the date of the confirmation of these Bye-laws, the Bye-laws
with respect to houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than
one family, which were made by the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of