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NUISANCE FROM DOGS
Byelaw for the Good Rule and Government of the Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone
and for the prevention and suppression of nuisances therein, made by the Council of the
Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone in pursuance of Section 146 of the London
Government Act 1939.
1.—No person being in charge of a dog shall allow the dog to foul the footway of any street or public
place by depositing its excrement thereon. Provided that a person shall not be liable to be convicted of
an offence against this byelaw if he satisfies the Court that the fouling of the footway by the dog was not
due to culpable neglect or default on his part.
2.—For the purposes of this byelaw the owner of the dog shall be deemed to be in charge thereof unless
the Court is satisfied that at the time when the dog fouled the footway it had been placed in or taken into
the charge of some other person.
3.—Any person offending against this byelaw shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding Five Pounds.
4.—The byelaw as to dog nuisances made by the St. Marylebone Borough Council on the 16th day of
February, 1928, is hereby repealed.