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all such steps as are requisite on the part of the tenant 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 tenant and the lodger, respectively, may
receive from the Medical Officer of Health of the Council, are
most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
19. Where a duty imposed upon or a prohibition applied to
the landlord or the tenant of a lodging-house is by any by-law
expressly imposed or applied subject to the provisions of these
by-laws, proceedings shall not be taken against the landlord or
tenant for an offence against the by-law unless and until the
landlord or tenant, after service upon him of a notice in writing
by the Council requiring him within such reasonable time as is
specified in the notice to comply with the by-law, has failed to
comply with the by-law within the time so specified.
Penalties.
20. 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 Council:
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 by-law.
21. From and after the date of the confirmation of these
by-laws, the by-laws with respect to houses let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family, which were made
by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar on the
second day of June, in the year one thousand nine hundred and
four, and which were confirmed by the Local Government Board
on the seventh day of September, in the year one thousand nine
hundred and four, shall be repealed.
The Seal of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of
Poplar was affixed hereto by order of the Council on the fifteenth
day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.