Offensive Matter Removal By-laws

LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] L.R.O. 1/2012 By-laws 16/8/1904 15/1999 Citation. Removal of offensive matters. Covers. Spillings. Time of removal. Signature………………………… Date………………………………. OFFENSIVE MATTER REMOVAL BY-LAWS made under the Public Health Ordinance for the City of Georgetown and confirmed by the Governor and Court of Policy on the 16th August, 1904, deemed to have been made under section 321 of this Act 1. These By-laws may be cited for all purposes as the Offensive Matter Removal By-laws. 2. It shall not be lawful save as herein otherwise expressly provided for any person to remove or carry any offensive matter, by cart or otherwise, along any street or thoroughfare within the limits of the City of Georgetown, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. 3. It shall not be lawful for any person to drive or use or cause to be driven or used, within the limits aforesaid, for the removal of any offensive matter, any cart, carriage or vessel not having a proper cover for preventing the escape of the contents of such cart, carriage or vessel, and of the stench of such contents. 4. Every person having charge of any cart, carriage, or vessel in which any offensive matter is being removed within the limits aforesaid shall carefully sweep and clean every place in which any such matter shall have been slopped or spilt from such cart, carriage or vessel. 5. It shall not be lawful for any person to remove or carry any excretal matter or night-soil by cart or otherwise Offensive Matter Removal By-laws Municipal and District Councils 388 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] L.R.O. 1/2012 Penalties. [By-laws 15/1999] By-laws 5/5/1905 13/1999 Citation. Cleansing of tanks. Notice. [By-laws 12/1999] Notice of pollution. [By-laws 11/1999] along any such street or thoroughfare between the hours of 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.: Provided that this section shall not apply to excretal matter or night-soil removed in specially constructed carts or vans owned by the Georgetown City Council or hired by them for municipal purposes. 6. Any person committing a breach of any of these by laws shall be liable to a fine of four thousand dollars. CLEANSING OF TANKS BY-LAWS made by the Town Council under section 4 of the Statute Laws Revision Ordinance, No. 20 of 1904, and confirmed by the Governor and Court of Policy on the 5th May, 1905, deemed to have been made under section 321 of this Act 1. These By-laws may be cited as the Cleansing of Tanks By-laws. 2. (1) Every tank used within the City of Georgetown for domestic purposes shall be emptied and cleansed to the satisfaction of a sanitary inspector at least once in every five years by the owner of the building to which the tank belongs. (2) Such owner shall give at least two days' notice to the Georgetown City Council of his intention to have the tank cleansed. (3) Every owner who fails to comply with this by law shall be liable to a fine of four thousand dollars. 3. (1) If in the opinion of a sanitary inspector the water stored in any such tank has become polluted or impure from any cause whatever, he shall give notice to the owner of the Cleansing of Tanks By-laws 389 Municipal and District Councils