Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963
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Litter. |
52.—(1) A person shall not throw down, place or leave in or on any public place— | |
(a) any food remnants, orange peel, banana skin or other organic matter (whether waste or dead animal), or | ||
(b) any rubble, old metal, glass, china, earthenware, tin, carton, paper, rags or other rubbish, | ||
so as to create or tend to create litter. | ||
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed as prohibiting— | ||
(a) the deposit by any person of any of the materials mentioned in that subsection in any receptacle for the deposit of litter, | ||
(b) the deposit in any public place of any receptacle containing house or other refuse for collection by a local authority, or | ||
(c) anything done under and in accordance with a permission to develop land granted under Part IV of this Act. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. |