Punishment for certain offences on roads, etc. Power of Police officers

Punishment for certain offences on roads, etc. Power of Police officers.--Any person who, on any road or in any open place or street or thoroughfare within the limits of any town to which this section shall be specially extended by the Government, commits any of the following offences, to the obstruction, inconvenience, annoyance, risk, danger or damage of the residents or passengers shall, on conviction before a Judicial Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred Rupees, or to imprisonment not exceeding 8 days; and it shall be lawful for any Police officer to take into custody, without a warrant, any person who within his view commits any of such offences, namely:--

First.--Slaughtering cattle, furious riding, etc.--Any person who slaughters any cattle or cleans any carcass; any person who rides or drives any cattle or trains or breaks any beast or other cattle:

Second.--Cruelty to animals.--Any person who cruelly beats, abuses or tortures any animal:

Third.--Obstructing public conveyance or any carriage for loading or unloading or for taking up or setting down passengers, or who waits with any carriage or conveyance in such a manner as to cause inconvenience or danger to the public:

Fourth.--Exposing goods for sale:

Fifth.--Throwing dirt into any street, filth, rubbish or any cowshed, stable or the like from any house, factory, etc:

Sixth.--Being found drunk or riotous.--Any person who is found drunk or riotous or who is incapable of taking care of himself:

Seventh.--Indecent exposure of person who wilfully and indecently exposes his person, or deformity or disease, or commits nuisance by easing himself or bathing or washing in any tank or reservoir not being a place set apart for that purpose:

Eighth.--Neglect to protect dangerous places.--Any person who neglects to fence in or duly to protect any well, tank or other dangerous place or structure.

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