Offences by the publlc

(1) Any person who commits any ol lhe lollowlng ofiences on any road, oI street orlhoroughfare, or any open place, within the limils of any area speclally notiiied by the Stale Government or a LocalGovernmenl forthe punose of this Seclion, to the inconvenience, annoyance ordanger ollhe residenls or passers"by shall, on conviclion by a Coud, be liable to a iine: (a) allowlng any cattle to stray, or keep ng any cattle or conveyance oi any kind standing longerlhan is required lor loading or unloading ortorlaking up orsetting down passengers, orleaving any conveyance in such a manner as to cause inconvenience ordangerto the public; (b) beingfound intoxicated and /riotous; (c) neglecting tO lence in or duly protect anywell, lank, hole or olfter dangerous place orstruclure underhischarge or possession;or otherw se creating a hazardous situallon in a public placel (d) defacing, or aflixlng noiices, or writing grallition walls, buidings orother structures wltholt ihe prior permission oflhe custodian ofihe property; (e)wjlllullyenlering orremaining without suiiicient cause in or upon anybuilding belonging to the Govemment or land orground attached lhereto, oron any vehicie belonging to Governmenll (i) kn owin gly spreading rumours orcausing a talse alarm to mislead the police f ire brigade or any other essenlial service or; (g) willl!lly darnaging or saboiaglng any public alarmsysteml (h) knowingly and willullycausing damage to an esseniialservice, in order to caLse ge^e'al pan:c among rhe pJb'ic: (i) act ng in contravenlion of a nolice publicly dispiayed by the competent authority in any government b!ilding, provided that the police shalltake cognizance of this offence only upon a compla nt made by an aulhorized lunclionary of the concerned oifice; 0 causing annoyance to a wornan by making indecefl overtures orcals or by stalking, provlded thatthe Police shalltake cognizance of this offence on y upon a complaini made by ihe victim: (k)ihrowing difi, waste rnaterials, p aslic bags etc. n jhoras'; ({) unloadlng or keeping any conslruction maierial etc, on a street, road or thoroughfare that may cause obslructlon lo the movementoithe people or vehicles; (m) slaughlering any catt e, cleans any carcass or rides or drives any caltle recklesslyon any road orln any open place to the obstruction, lnconvenience, annoyance, rlsk danger ordamage of lhe residents or passers-by; (n) neg ecis to fence in or protect any we l, lank or other dangerous place or (2) The State Governmcni may, by notlicalion in the OtficialGazette, prescribe a m nimum amount of fine that shall be irnposed on a person on conviclion Ior any oifence mentioned in sub-secion (1). (3) lt shall be laMulforany pollce oJt cerio take inio custody, wilhout awarrant, whoevercornmiis anyoflhe oifences meniioned in sub-seclion (1). (4)Whoever commits any oilence under sub-Secllon (1), on subsequent convicllon shal be liable to enhanced punishrnent.