PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

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1. Citation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 2
2. Application ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 2
3. Interpretation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 2
4. Council may declare disease to be communicable ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 2
5. Fees for use of public latrines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 2
6. Conduct in public conveniences ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 2
7. Use and protection of water systems ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 3
8. Removal of contents ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 3
9. Segregation of the sexes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 3
10. Persons suffering from communicable diseases not to enter bathhouses or
washhouses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 4
11. Offences and penalty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 4
12. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought ... ... ... ... ... BO 4
13. Saying ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... BO 4





PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (REGIONAL COUNCIL)
BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, section 35)

[19 March 1971.1

1. These by-laws may be cited as the Public Conveniences
(Regional Council) By-laws.

2. These by-laws apply only to the Regional Council area.

3. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-

'communicable disease' means any form of tinea infection,
pediculosis, scabies, smallpox, venereal disease, generalized
skin infection or trachoma, or any other disease which the
Council has declared under by-law 4 to be a communicable
disease for the purposes of these by-laws;

'CounciV means the Regional Council;

'latrine' includes a water closet, urinal and dry latrine and all other
sanitary equipment or installations designed, intended or used
for the reception of excretal matter;

'public convenience' means any latrine, bathhouse or washhouse
which is provided by the Council for the use of the public;

Ilwashhouse' includes open drying grounds.

4. The Council may, by order published in the Gazette,
declare any disease to be a communicable disease for the purposes
of these by-laws.

5. (1) The Council may, by order published in the Gazette,
declare that paragraph (2) shall apply to such latrines provided by
the Council for the use of the public as the Council specifies in the
order.

(2) A fee of ten cents shall be payable for the use by any
person of any compartment in a latrine to which the Council has,
under paragraph (1), declared that this paragraph applies.

(3) No person shall use any compartment in a latrine in
respect of which a fee is payable under paragraph (2) unless he
first pays the fee.

6. No person shall-

(a)by forcible or improper means or for any improper purpose
enter any water closet, bathroom or compartment which is
occupied by any other person in a public convenience;





(b)wilfully intrude upon the privacy of any other person using
any water closet, bathroom or compartment in a public
convenience;

(c)wilfully and improperly soil any staircase, floor, passage-
way, wall, door, bath, seat or other fitting in a public
convenience;

(d)loiter in or obstruct any entrance or exist to or to any part
of a public convenience, or any staircase or passageway in
a public convenience;

(e)spit in any public convenience, except into a receptacle
provided for that purpose or into a latrine, channel or
drain provided for the carriage of sewage, sullage, waste
water or excretal matter;

leave any litter in or on any compartment, passageway or
staircase in a public convenience;

(g) [Deleted, 48 of 1972, s. 4]

(h)except with the permission of the Council, affix any
bill, placard or advertisement to any part of a public
convenience; or

(i)fight, quarrel or engage in any noisy or disorderly be-
haviour in a public convenience.

7. No person shall-

(a)use, otherwise than for flushing purposes, or take away for
use elsewhere, any water contained in or supplied to a
flushing system in a public convenience;

(b)use, otherwise than for personal cleansing or the washing
of clothes, or take away for use elsewhere, any water
contained in or supplied to a shower-bath, wash-hand
basin or stand-pipe in a public convenience; or

(c)interfere in any way with a water supply system in a public
convenience.

8. No person shall, without the permission in writing of the
Council, remove any contents from a septic tank or cesspool in a
public convenience.

9. (1) No male person, other than a child under the age of
5 years who is accompanied by a female relative or nurse, shall enter
or remain in any part of a public convenience which is allocated for
the use of female persons.

(2) No female person, other than a child under the age of
5 years who is accompanied by a male relative or nurse, shall enter
or remain in any part of a public convenience which is allocated
for the use of male persons.





10. No person who knows that he is suffering from any
communicable disease shall enter or remain in any bathhouse or a
washhouse.

11. Any person who contravenes by-law 5(3), 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a
fine of $250.
12. Without prejudice to-

(a)any other enactment relating to the prosecution of criminal
offences;

(b)the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the
prosecution of criminal offences,

a prosecution for an offence against any of these by-laws may be
brought in the name of the Council.

13. These by-laws shall not apply to any act done by an
attendant at a public convenience, if the act is necessary for or
incidental to the proper execution of his duties in or about the
convenience.
L.N. 25/71. 48 of 1972. L.N. 303/76. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Council may declare disease to be communicable. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Fees for use of public latrines. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Conduct in public conveniences. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s.32(2). Use and protection of water systems. L.N. 303/76. Removal of contents. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Segregation of the sexes. Persons suffering from communicable not to enter bathhouses or washhouses. Offences and penalty. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. 10 of 198, s. 32(2). L.N. 67/85. Saving. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

L.N. 25/71. 48 of 1972. L.N. 303/76. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Council may declare disease to be communicable. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Fees for use of public latrines. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Conduct in public conveniences. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s.32(2). Use and protection of water systems. L.N. 303/76. Removal of contents. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Segregation of the sexes. Persons suffering from communicable not to enter bathhouses or washhouses. Offences and penalty. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. 10 of 198, s. 32(2). L.N. 67/85. Saving. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

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