Drainage (Ireland) Act 1856

Penalty on Persons assaulting Trustees, Officers, &c.in execution of Powers of this Act.

XXXVI. If any Person or Persons shall wilfully prevent, assault, or threaten to assault any of the Trustees for the Execution of this Act, or any Engineer or other Officer, Servant, or Workman acting in aid or under the Orders of any such Trustee in the Execution of any of the Powers given by this Act, or shall injure, damage, or destroy any of the Piers, Quays, Landing Places, Wharfs, Beacons, or Lighthouses, or any Work or Works connected with the said Navigations, or shall persist in doing so after having been required by the said Trustees or any of them, or any Person acting under them, not to do or continue to do any Matter or Thing injurious to any of the said Works, or shall do any other Matter or Thing prohibited by any of the Provisions of this Act, or any Byelaw made in pursuance thereof, any Person so offending shall for every such Offence, upon summary Conviction thereof, be subject to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.