section 46
Punishment for certain offences on street and open places
The Kerala Police Act, 1960Criminal196084 sections8 chapters
Chapter VI Chapter VI
Statutory text
Punishment for certain offences on street and open places.- Whoever in any street or open place, within the limits of any local area to which this section may be extended by the Government by notifiction in the Gazette does any of the following acts shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to eighty days or to fine which may extend to fifty rupees or to both, provided that no such act done in any place other than a street shall be punishable as aforesaid unless such act causes or is likely to cause obstruction, inconvenience annoyance, risk, danger or damage to the residents or passers by-
- (i) slaughters any cattle, cleans any carcass, article of furniture or vehicle, or grooms any animal;
- (ii) makes or repairs any vehicle or part of a vehicle (unless when in the case of an accident repairing on the spot is necessary) or carries on any manufacture or operation ;
- (iii) drives, drags or pushes any vehicles at any time between half an hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise without sufficient light ;
- (iv) drives, drags or pushes any vehicle and does not keep (except in case of actual necessity or of some sufficient reason for deviation), on the left of such street when meeting any other vehicle or on the right of such street when passing any other vehicle ;
- (v) rides or drives, any animal, or drives, drags or pushes any vehicle in a rash or negligent manner, or trains or breaks any horse or other cattle ;
- (vi) drives, drags or pushes any vehicle without springs on any street except on the side thereof;
- (vii) leads or rides any animal, or drives, drags or pushes any vehicle upon any foot-way or fastens any animal so that it can stand across or upon any street or foot-way;
- (viii) permits any cattle or vehicle to be under the control of a child under the age of twelve years;
- (ix) conveys through the streets any article which projects more than five feet in front or behind the vehicle or vehicles on which it is placed ;
- (x) affix or causes to be affixed any bill, notice, document, paper or other thing upon any street or place of public resort or upon any building, monument, state, effigy, post, wall, fence, tree or other erection therein or in any manner defaces, disfigures, write upon or otherwise marks or causes to be defaced, disfigured, written upon or otherwise mar marked any street, public place or any such building monument, statue, effigy, post, wall, fence, free or erection without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof ;
- (xi) causes mischief by any negligence or ill-usage in the driving, management or care of any animal or vehicle ;
- (xii) commits nuisance by causing himself or permits any person under his control to commit a nuisance as aforesaid.
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