LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE 1961 (No. 11 ... - Sabah Lawnet

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE 1961
(No. 11 of 1961)
BEAUFORT DISTRICT COUNCIL
(STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES) BY-LAWS 1964
(G.N.L 17 of 1965)
In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 50 of the Local Government Ordinance 1961, the Beaufort
District Council has made the following by-laws:
1. Title and commencement.
These by-laws may be cited as the Beaufort District Council (Streets and Public Places) By-laws 1964 and shall
come into operation on the 1st day January 1965.
2. Interpretation.
In these By-laws, "streets" and public places" mean streets and public places under the control of or vested in the
Council.
3. Removal of barriers, etc..
No person not authorised by the Council shall take down, alter or remove any barriers, signs or lights placed by
the Council across or in any street.
4. Blind, etc., not to encroach street or public places.
No person shall hang any blind, awning or other structure from any building such as to encroach on to any street.
5. Trees not to be damaged or removed.
No person shall damage or remove any tree or vegetation growing along any street or in any public place.
6. Maintenance of walls, etc..
The owner or occupier of any premises shall keep his wall, fence, post or gate bordering on any street in a good
state of repair.
7. Parking of vehicles.
No person shall, unless permitted by the Council, park his vehicle in any public place, and no person shall repair or
mend any vehicle in any street or public place.
8. Penalty.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these By-laws shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
to a fine of five hundred ringgit. [Mod. Act 160.]
Dated at Beaufort this 15th day of December 1964.
I approve the foregoing By-laws.
MOHD. DUN BIN BANIR,
Chairman,
Beaufort District Council.
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Dated at Jesselton this 26th day of January 1965.
PANG TET TSHUNG,
Minister for Local Government.
Beaufort District Council (Streets and Public Places) By-laws 1964