Barroullailie Town Board (Market) By-Laws (S.R.O. No. 15 of 2010)

69 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES STATUTORYRULESAND ORDERS 2010 NO. 15 (Gazetted 29th June, 2010) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 50 of the Local GovemmentAct, Chapter 257, the Barrouallie Town Board makes the following By-Laws: BARROUALLlE TOWN BOARD (MARKET) BY·LAWS 2010 1. These By-Laws may be cited as the Barrouallie Town Board Citation (Market) By-Laws, 201O. 2. In these By-Laws: Interpretation "Clerk" means the Clerk of the Board; "Board" means the Barrouallie Town Board; "market dues" means the market dues set out in Schedule I; "produce" includes anything whether live or dead produced in the course of agriculture; "stall" includes any shop, counter, bench, stand Or other erection, and any space set apart for the reception of any article, thing or produce. 3. The days on which and the hours between which the market established in the Town may be opened and kept open shall be as follows: Weekdays and Saturdays other than public holidays: 6:00a.m. to I 0:00p.m. Sundays and public holidays: 6:00a.m. to 10:00a.m. 4. (1) No person shall sell, offer for sale Orexpose for the purpose of sale any produce in the Town or within one mile from the limits of the Town. other than in the market. (2) Any person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence. Opentug aOlI closing of market Prohibition of sale In Town other than In market Removal of property 70 (3) This by-law shall not apply to a person selling or disposing of any produce at his residence, shop or store. Stalls 5. (I) The Clerk shall cause all stalls in the market to be numbered in plain and legible characters and to be registered in a book to be kept for that purpose. (2) The book referred to In subsection (I) shall also contain the name of every tenant of'a stall, the date when each tenancy commenced, the amount of market dues payable, the date when each tenancy ceased and the cause of ceasing. Tenancy of stall 6. (I) The tenancy of every stall in the market may be by the day. week, month or year and the appropriate market dues shall in all cases be payable in advance. (2) In default of payment of market dues, the tenant if in possession may be ejected by the Clerk, who may in addition to any remedy for the collection of market dues, seize and sell any article. thing or produce in the stall that IS sufficient for payment thereof. 7. If the tenant of any stall, on giving up possession. or being elected, does not forthwith remove all property belonging to him. such property may be removed by the Clerk and sold at the expiration of seven days from the date of such removal unless claimed within that period and all expenses incurred reimbursed to the Clerk except that any perishable article so removed may be sold immediately. Sub-letting 8. (1) No tenant ofa stall shall sub-let the stall to any other person. (2) Where any tenant sub-lets a stall in contravention of [his by-law, his tenancy shall be deemed to have been terminated. and the person in occupation of the stall shall, upon being requested by the Clerk to do so. vacate the stall and remove all property helonging tn him. (3) Where a person fails to vacate his stall and remove his property when requested to do so, the Clerk may eject the person and cause his property to be removed from the market. Stall to be kept 9. (I) Every tenant ofa stall shall at all times keep the stall and the clean front, rear, sides and roof, ifany, clean and free from filth and dirt ofevery kind. (2) Where any tenant refuses or neglects to so do, the Clerk shall cause the stall to be cleaned and the expenses incurred in so doing may be recovered by the Clerk from the tenant by seizure and sale at auction by the Clerk of any article, thing or produce in the stall sufficient for the payment and the tenant shall in addition commit an offence. 10. The Clerk shall ensure that stalls in the market are properly cleaned every day before the closing of the market. 11. (t) No person shall sell, offer for sale or expose forthe purpose of sale any article, thing or produce in the market: (a) until after market dues have been paid; and (0) unless he produces a medical certificate of fitness. (2) A person who is suffering from an infect;ous or contagious disease shall not sell in the market. 71 Stall to be kept elea n before closing of market Conditions for sale in market (3) Every person disposing of any article, thing or produce in the market shall produce the receipt issued by the Clerk to any agent of the Board immediately on being requested to do so. (4) A person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence. 12. The market dues set out in Schedule I are payable for rental ofa Markel dues stall in the market. Sch erlule 1 13. (I) A person shall not expose for sale in any street or tll any :-;al< of ff sh public place in the Town or WIthin one mile from the limits of the Town and me at other than in the market, or other place approved by the Board any meat, fish. whalerneat or turtle. (2) Nothing in this by-law shall prevent any person from disposing of any tinned meat or salted fish in any shop or in the course of any auction of general effects. 14. (1) No person shall slaughter or cause to be slaughtered any Slaughtering animal fer the purpose of selling the carcass within the TaWIl or within ani m a I. one mile from the limits of the Town other than in the market or other place approved by the Board, I)) Every person who desires to have an animal slaughtered in the market shall, before the animal is slaughtered. pay to the Clerk the appropriate slaughterhouse dues set out in Schedule 2. Schedule 2 (3) Every animal to be slaughtered shall first be inspected by the Sanitary Inspector and passed fit for human .onsumption. (4) No animal shall be slaughtered in the market before the huur u r5 :00 a.m, (5) A person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence. 72 Meat Market Butcher to wear clean apparel Fish Weighing of articles Pr-I(*~er-\'atll)n of order Ejecting offenders from market Dog. prohibited 15. (I) No person shall sell or offer for sale in the market any meat except at the stall set aside for that purpose. (2) Any person who sells or exposes for sale any meat in contravention of this by-law commits an offence. In Every butcher shall' (a) keep his stall clean; (b) wear an apron; (c) provide himself with clean towels; and (d) keep his scales, weights and other appliances in a clean and sanitary condition. 17. (I) Boats bringing fresh or corned fish intended for sale in the Town shall, on arrival, be beached only on that portion ofthe sea frontage reserved for that purpose. (2) A person shall sell fish only on the counters provided in the market for that purpose. (3) A person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence. 18. All articles, things or produce sold in the market shall be properly weighed, and in the cases ofdispute with the respect to the weight of any article, thing, or produce the seller, if required to do so by a prospective purchaser, shall cause such article, thing or produce to be weighed in the presence of the Clerk or other officer authorized by the Board. 19. Every person resorting to the market as buyer, seller or otherwise shall at all times comply with reasonable directions.ofthe Clerk or other officer responsible for the maintenance of order in the market or the due observance of these By-Laws. 20. The Clerk may without using more force than is necessary in the circumstances eject or cause to be ejected any person contravening these By-Laws except that such ejection from the market shall not be a bar to any subsequent criminal proceedings. 21. (I) No person shall hring a dog, or permit a dog to follow him into or remain with him in the market. (2) The Clerk may eject orcause to he ejected any dog found in the market. 22. A person selling any article in the market shall place the article unly in the part of the market set apart for that purpose. 23. Any article left in the market shall be left at the sole risk of the person leaving the article. 24. (1) The market dues leviable and made payable under these By-Laws shall be demanded and received by the Clerk and hIS receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the payment thereof. (2) Any person who hinders or obstructs th .. Clerk in the performance of his duties under these By-Laws commits an offence. Articles to be sold in pl.ceo provided for that purpose Articles left at owner's risk Power of Clerk By-Laws to he exhibited 25 (I) No person shall: Mlsce l la neo us sit or lie on any counter, table or stall in the market; orr. n c e s (a) (b) throw any dirt, filth, rubbish or litter in the market; (c) loiter in or about the market; (d) remain in the market during the hours in which the market is not open to the public; (e) light any fire in the market or cook therein, except in the part and under the conditions as may from time to time be permuted by the Clerk; Or (t) place or keep the hide of any animal in any part of the market other than in the place set aside by the Clerk from time to time for that purpose. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence 26. (I) A printed copy of these By-Laws shall be exhibited in some conspicuous place in the market. (2) Copies of these By-Laws may also be obtained on application to the Clerk at his office upon payment of such sum for each as may from time to time be determined by the Board. 27. A person who commits an offence under these By-Laws is liable Pena l t y on summary conviction to a fine offive hundred dollars. 28. The Barrouallie Town Board (Market) By-Laws 1954 are revoked. Revocation or By-Laws No. 21 of 1954 74 1. For every shop 2, for every other stall SCHEDULE) (by-law 12) MARKET DUES $0.50 cents per square foot or part thereof. $2.00 per day or part thereof. SCHEDULE 2 (by-law 14) SLAUGHTER HOUSE DUES I. For every bull, ox, or heifer 2. For every pig, goat, or sheep Made this 28th day of June, 20 IO. $15.DO per animal. $5.00 per animal. Denniston Douglas Local Government Officer. Confirmed by the Governor-General under section 50(4) of the Local Government Act Chapter 257 this 28th day of June 20 I0: SUSAN DOLIGAN Secretary to the Cabinet. Printed by the Government Printer at the Government Printing Office, Campden Park, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 2010 [ Price S3.601