The Government of The Bahamas

"public road" means any road, street, highway, sidewalk, footpath, alley, lane, or thoroughfare in New Providence, vested in the Treasurer for public purposes;

"public cemetery" means any cemetery, burial ground, or graveyard in New Providence, vested in the Treasurer for public purposes;

"Superintendent of Roads" means the person appointed to be Superintendent of Roads for New Providence;

"vehicle" includes any motor car, carriage, waggon, cart, dray, motor cycle or bicycle;

"vessel" includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation.

3. (1) No person shall either, partially or entirely stop up, obstruct, alter or encroach upon, or in any manner damage or render inconvenient to passengers, any public road or place. Penalty on summary conviction, a fine of one hundred dollars.

Public roads.

(2) For the purpose of abating and removing any such obstruction or nuisance, it shall be lawful for the Minister and any persons acting under his authority, to enter on any private land during the day, and there remain for a reasonable time; and an account of the expense of such abatement or removal shall be kept, the amount of which shall be recoverable by the Minister in any court having jurisdiction from the person in default.

(3) No person shall deposit, place or discharge or cause to be deposited, placed or discharged in any public road or place-

(a)

any stone, sand, lime, timber, wood or material of any kind;

(b)

any barrel, box, case or other package, packing or goods of any description whatsoever, except for removal at the earliest opportunity within the space of six hours;

(c)

any fruit skins, stones, earth, weeds, sweepings of any kind, paper, rags, rubbish, filth or any substance or any liquid.

(4) No person shall, save by permission of the Minister, place, or cause or procure to be placed in or over any public road or place any gate, door, window, signboard, sun screen, wire or other such projection or erection, or any steps so as to swing over or project or protrude into any portion of any public road or place.

(5) No person shall-

(a)

expose or offer for sale or sell or cause or procure to be exposed or offered for sale or sold in or upon any public road or place, any goods, wares or merchandise of any description whatsoever;

(b)

carry or cause or procure to be carried, coal through, in or upon any public road or place in such manner as to permit of any coal, or coal dust, discharging or dropping on any public road or place;

(c)

throw, or cause, or procure to be thrown, any substance whatever into any public well, nor shall any person descend thereinto without permission of the Superintendent of Roads;

(d)

stand, sit, or lounge on any wall, fence, post or chain enclosing any public square or place, or damage any bench thereon, or pull up, damage or interfere with any plant, tree or bush growing thereon;

(e)

save by permission of the Minister suffer or permit any animal to graze in, upon or over any public road or place.

4. (1) The owner or occupier of all premises whether in actual occupation or not shall keep such premises at all times free from all rubbish and other likesubstances, and when required by the Minister, shall cut the bush which may be growing on such premises within twenty-five feet from any adjacent property and within ten feet of any public road.

The removal of rubbish.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works or some other person deputed by him from time to time to carry out an inspection of all premises in New Providence for the purpose of ascertaining any violations of sub-rule (1), and for the proper execution of such duty it shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works or the person deputed by him, together with such persons as he would require to attend and assist him, to enter upon any premises and to remain there for such time as may be necessary for the performance of the duty hereby imposed.

(3) Where on inspection or complaint, a breach of this rule is found to exist, an order signed by the Director of Public Works requiring the removal of rubbish and other like substances and/or the cutting of any bush which may be growing on the premises shall be served on the owner or occupier of the premises, as the case may be, and all such orders shall state the time within which the premises shall be cleaned.

(4) When the owner or occupier of premises in respect of which an order has been made cannot be found, every such order may be served by delivering the same or a copy thereof to some person on the said premises or if no person can be found thereon, by affixing such order or a copy thereof upon some conspicuous part of such premises.

(5) If, at the expiration of the time limit in the order, the requisition of the Director of Public Works has not been complied with, the owner or occupier, as the case may be, against whom it has been made shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of eight dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of four dollars for every day the offence continues, and in any such case the Director of Public Works may, in his discretion, by his servants or agents at any reasonable time during the day time enter upon the premises in respect of which such order has been made and carry out the terms of the order and the owner or occupier, as the case may be, shall, in addition to any penalties as aforesaid, be summarily liable for all expenses up to one hundred dollars incurred in carrying out the terms of the said order and such sum shall be a charge against the owner or occupier of the premises, as the case may be, and against the premises.

(6) In the event the owner or occupier is not responsible or for any reason the Director of Public Works is satisfied that the offence is not due to the negligence of the owner or occupier, the Director of Public Works may cause the premises to be cleaned under his direction without any cost to the owner or occupier thereof.

(7) For the purpose of this rule the term "rubbish" shall be deemed to include old metal, old and broken down cars and trucks, old timber, disused and obsolete plant, saw dust and shavings, old packing cases and barrels.

5. No person shall-

Restrictions on use of vehicles, etc.

(a)

save by permission of the Minister or the police drive or propel any vehicle upon, over or across the grass in any public square or place vested in the Treasurer for public purposes;

(b)

save in any parking space provided for that purpose park any vehicle in the public square, or lean or rest any bicycle or other similar vehicle against any public building;

(c)

save by the permission of the Minister drive or propel or haul or convey any crane, tractor, concrete mixer or any heavy machinery on any road or street, or transport or move any building or construction, by means of trailers, low-bed haulers, truck, or wheeled vehicle, or by means of skids over any public road;

(d)

operate or cause to be operated any truck or vehicle with solid tyres on any public road or street save with the permission of the Superintendent of Roads or the police who will allow the operation of such trucks with solid tyres provided the maximum load, carrying capacity included, does not exceed two tons, and that the tyres are, in their opinion, in good condition;

(e)

be permitted to ride any motor cycle or bicycle on the Fort Montagu beach within the following area, viz.-

From the northeast boundary of the Nassau Yacht Club property eastwardly to the Fort point and then southwardly to a point in line with the northern side of Shirley Street or the southern boundary line of the Montagu Hotel grounds.

6. No person shall-

Restrictions on use of landing places by persons or vessels.

(a)

obstruct or render inconvenient to persons using the same the landing steps of the several public abutments in New Providence;

(b)

save by the permission of the Minister, or the Port Director, moor or cause or procure to be moored any vessel alongside of the Rawson Square Abutment or Prince George's Wharf;

(c)

save by permission of the Minister, or the police, or during a storm, or to escape the perils of the sea, haul any vessel or boat on to any public square, road or place;

(d)

be permitted to bathe any horse, mule or ass from the Fort Montagu beach within the following area, viz.-

7. (1) Applications for interments must be made to the keepers of the respective cemeteries, who will give instructions where new graves may be dug. In the event of an old grave being opened, permission in writing from the Minister for Health must be first obtained.

Public cemeteries.

(2) The keepers of the respective cemeteries shall keep the keys of same, and shall open such cemeteries whenever necessary upon payment of the following fee-

there shall be a fee of one dollar for every interment, either in a vault or single grave, of a child under the age of ten years, and two dollars for every person above that age.

(3) Carefully prepared diagrams of the respective cemeteries shall be kept by the Public Works Department.

(4) An officer appointed by the Minister and keepers shall each keep distinct registers of burials in books provided for that purpose, wherein shall be entered as soon as practicable after burial shall be completed, the several particulars set forth in the Schedule A, hereto annexed.

(5) It shall be the duty of the said keepers at least once a month to carry their respective register books to the officer appointed by the Minister, in order that he may enter all burials in his register books which have not been previously registered by him.

(6) A fee of two dollars shall be charged in respect of any casket allowed to remain in the Mortuary Chapel in the Western Cemetery until interment or removal.

(7)(a) There shall be allotments of nine by four feet laid out in any public cemetery and the exclusive right of burial shall be purchased for each allotment before interment; the fee for the same being sixty dollars. The grant of exclusive right of burial shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule B to these Rules.

(b) Any person having exclusive right of burial in an allotment in a public cemetery shall be able to assign such right to any person upon notice in writing of same being given to the Minister. The assignment of the exclusive right of burial shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule C to these Rules.

(8) Persons having purchased the exclusive right of burial in one or more allotments shall be at liberty, upon application to the Minister, to erect thereon a vault, tombstone, or monument or to enclose or kerb or surround the same with a kerb, wall, hedge or fence.

(9) Any person who shall be employed in the digging of any grave or graves or in the erecting of any vault, tombstone, monument, kerb, wall, hedge or fence in any public cemetery of this Island shall, after its completion, remove all earth, stones and other materials which may have accumulated during the progress of the work, and leave the spot properly levelled and cleaned. Failing to do so, after twenty-four hours notice to remove the same, then it shall be lawful for the Minister or any duly authorised servant or agent, or other person delegated by him for that purpose, to remove the same, and all expenses incurred in such removal shall be recoverable from the owner of such vault, tombstone, monument, kerb, wall, hedge or fence or the person responsible for the digging of such grave or graves.

(10) No person shall bring or cause to be brought or permit any dog or bitch of which he is the owner or keeper to come in or remain in the several cemeteries.

(11) No person shall, save with the permission of the Minister-

(a)

dig or cause or procure to be dug or cut any grave or graves in any public cemetery;

(b)

enclose or kerb or surround or cause or procure to be kerbed or enclosed or surrounded by any kerb, wall, hedge or fence of any description, any grave or graves in any public cemetery;

(c)

alter, plant, cut down or remove trees, or do work of any kind in the public cemeteries. Roses, foliage and flowering plants may be planted.

Penalty on summary conviction, a fine of one hundred dollars.

8. (1) All proceedings under these Rules may be instituted by a peace officer or by any person authorised in writing by the Minister.

Procedure and penalties.

(2) Any person committing a breach of any of the above Rules shall, except where otherwise specified, be liable on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding eighty dollars.

SCHEDULE A (Rule 7(4))

	Name.	Rank or Profession.	Age.	Data of Burial.	By whom Buried.

SCHEDULE B (Rule 7(7)(a))

GRANT OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF BURIAL IN A PUBLIC CEMETERY

THE BAHAMAS
NEW PROVIDENCE
THIS INDENTURE is made the day of A.D. 19 BETWEEN the Minister for Works (hereinafter referred to as the Grantor) of the one part AND of (hereinafter referred to as the Grantee) of the other part
WHEREAS the Grantor has agreed to grant to the Grantee the exclusive right of burial in respect of the Cemetery in the Island of New Providence aforesaid for the consideration of
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the sum of paid by the Grantee to the Grantor the receipt whereof the Grantor hereby acknowledges the Grantor hereby grants unto the Grantee the exclusive right of burial in all that allotment of grave space situate in the Cemetery in the said Island of New Providence and marked No. on the diagram or plan thereof kept by the Public Works Department TO HOLD the same to the use of the Grantee heirs and assigns forever for the purpose of burial subject nevertheless to the Acts of Parliament Rules and Regulations for the time being affecting the said Public Cemetery.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Minister has caused his Seal to be hereunto affixed the day and year first hereinabove written.
The Seal of the Minister for Works is hereby authenticated by this day of A.D. 19
	Signed ............................... Minister or officer authorised by him in that behalf.

SCHEDULE C (Rule 7(7)(b))

ASSIGNMENT OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF BURIAL IN A PUBLIC CEMETERY

THE BAHAMAS
NEW PROVIDENCE
I, of in consideration of the sum of paid to me by of do hereby assign unto the said the exclusive right of burial in the allotment of grave space situate in the Cemetery in the Island of New Providence and marked No. on the diagram or plan thereof kept by the Public Works Department which was granted to me by by a deed of grant bearing date the day of A.D. 19 and all my estate, title and interest therein TO HOLD the same unto the said heirs and assigns forever subject to the conditions on which I held the same immediately before execution hereof.
WITNESS my hand and seal this day of	A.D. 19 .
.............................................................................................. Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the above-named
	in the presence of: Witness. ........................................

MINISTRY OF WORKS (HARBOUR ISLAND) RULES






	G.N. 59/1914 G.N. 214/1953 5 of 1987
(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 14th March, 1914]


1. These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works (Harbour Island) Rules.	Citation.
2. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any public road, street or public ground, except for removal at the earliest opportunity, any stone, sand, lime, timber, wood or building material of any other kind; or any barrel, box, case, package or bundle of any description whatsoever:	No building materials, etc., to be left in public roads.
Provided however, that upon application to the Minister being made permission may be granted for materials for building or repairing or other like purposes; and for materials of any description which are about to be used in connection with any sugar mill or factory; or sugar cane refuse or debris of any kind from any such mill or factory, which is not of an objectionable nature, to be so deposited for a limited time; provided that they are so deposited or placed as to prevent any mischief or obstruction to passengers using the said street, road or public ground.	No building materials, etc., to be left in public roads.
3. No person shall discharge or deposit in or on any public road, street, sidewalk, wharf, or public ground any fruit skins, sugar, cane peelings, or refuse, stones, earth, weeds, sweepings of any kind, paper, rags, rubbish, filth, or other substance or liquid.	No fruit skins, etc., to be left in public roads.
4. Nothing in these Rules shall be held to prevent the placing on the side of the road, of barrels, boxes or other proper receptacles containing the ordinary sweepings of yards or kitchens for removal by the scavenger; but such barrels, boxes or other proper receptacles shall only be placed on the side of the road on the days appointed by the Minister.	Dustbins.
5. No person shall injure, destroy or meddle with any tree, shrub or plant, growing in any public street, square or ground.	Injury to trees.
6. No person shall stand, sit, or lounge on any wall or fence enclosing any tree, shrub, or plant growing in any public street, square or ground.	Prohibition of lounging.
7. It shall be the duty of the scavenger appointed by the Minister to give daily attendance to his duties in Dunmore Town, except on Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday, and on such other days as he may be permitted by the Minister to absent himself therefrom; and to sweep weed, and keep clean the several streets, lanes, footpaths, squares and abutments therein, and to keep clean the several drains and gutters therein; and to remove at least once a week, on the days appointed by the Minister, all sweepings of yards and kitchens when placed in barrels, boxes, or other proper receptacles at the sides of the roads. It shall also be the duty of the scavenger to remove and bury all dead animals which may be found in any public place as soon as possible after he shall have been notified thereof. It shall also be the duty of the scavenger to perform such other public work as may be reasonably required of him by the Minister from time to time.	Duties of scavenger.
8. Whenever any public road, street or lane shall be obstructed, encroached upon, or rendered inconvenient to passengers by reason of fallen or partly fallen buildings, walls or fences of any kind, or by fallen trees or parts of trees or by the overhanging of branches of trees, bushes, or vines, or creeping plants, or other substances of any kind; all such obstructions and nuisances shall be removed by the proprietors or tenants of the soil from which such buildings, walls, fences or trees shall have fallen, or from which such branches, vines or other creeping plants, or other substances shall so overhang the roadways as aforesaid within forty-eight hours after notice of such obstructions or nuisances shall be given to such proprietors or tenants as aforesaid by or under the authority of the Minister.	Obstruction of roads.
9. Any person committing a breach of any of the above Rules shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding four dollars.	Penalty.
10. (1) For the purposes of this rule the limits of Dunmore Town shall be as follows-	Keeping of animals in Dunmore Town.
On the north, Grant Street; on the south, Alice Street; and on the east and west, the sea.
(2) No person shall tether or keep in any manner any goat or sheep or any cattle in the Township of Dunmore Town, Harbour Island, or permit any goat or sheep or any cattle to be at large in the said town:
Provided that if a person wishes to keep in the said town goats, sheep and cattle in all not exceeding twelve in number for butchery only, then such person may make application to the Minister for permission to do so; and if the Minister is satisfied that the applicant is a bona fide butcher and that the goats, sheep and cattle referred to in the application will be properly enclosed the Minister shall authorise the applicant in writing to keep the said goats, sheep and cattle in the said township.
(3) Any person contravening the provisions of this rule shall be liable on first conviction to a fine of twenty dollars and on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine of forty dollars.

MINISTRY OF WORKS (GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR) RULES






	G.N. 423/1923 G.N. 161/1948 5 of 1987
(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 1st December, 1923]


1. These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works (Governor's Harbour) Rules.	Citation.
2. No person shall deposit or place in any public road, street, or public ground, except for removal at the earliest possible opportunity, any stone, sand, lime, timber, wood, or building material of any other kind, or any barrel, box, spar, boom, case, package or bundle of any description whatsoever, unless the same are about to be used for building, repairing or other like purposes and are so deposited or placed as to prevent any mischief or obstruction to passengers using the said road, street or public ground.	No building materials, etc., to be left in public roads.
3. No person shall discharge or deposit in or on any public road, street, sidewalk, wharf or public ground any fruit skins, sugar cane peelings, or refuse, stones, earth, weeds, sweepings of any kind, paper, rags, rubbish, filth or other substance or liquid:	No fruit skins, etc., to be left in public roads.
Provided that nothing in this rule shall be held to prevent the placing on the side of the road or street, of any proper receptacles containing the ordinary sweepings of yards or kitchens, preparatory to their removal by himself within forty-eight hours.	No fruit skins, etc., to be left in public roads.
4. No person shall deposit or place on any public wharf or landing place except for removal or shipment at the earliest opportunity, any stone, sand, lime, timber, wood, lumber, or building material of any other kind or any barrel, box, spar, boom, case, package or bundle of any description whatsoever.	No building materials, etc., to be left on public wharves.
5. No person shall injure, destroy or meddle with any tree, shrub or plant, growing in any public street, square or ground.	Injury to trees.
6. No person shall stand, sit or lounge on any wall or fence enclosing any tree, shrub or plant growing in any public street, square or ground.	Prohibition of lounging in public streets, etc.
7. No person shall sit or lounge on any railings or fence, along the Bridge, Governor's Harbour, or around the steps at any public wharf or landing place.	Prohibition of lounging on Bridge.
8. No person shall park any motor vehicle, or permit any animal to graze, on any public ground, green or square.	Parking of vehicles.
9. Whenever any public road, street or lane shall be obstructed, encroached upon or rendered inconvenient, or dangerous to passengers by reason of fallen or partly fallen buildings, walls or fences of any kind, or buildings, walls or fences about to fall, or by fallen trees or parts of trees, or by the overhanging of branches of trees, bushes or vines, or creeping plants, or other substances of any kind, all such obstructions and nuisances shall be removed by the proprietors or tenants of the soil from which such buildings, walls, fences or trees shall have fallen, or are about to fall, or from which such branches, vines or other creeping plants or other substances shall so overhang the roadways, as aforesaid, within forty-eight hours after notice of such obstructions or nuisances shall be given to such proprietors or tenants, as aforesaid, by or under the authority of the Minister for Works.	Obstruction of roads.
10. Every person committing a breach of any of the above Rules shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten dollars.	Penalty.

MINISTRY OF WORKS (RAGGED ISLAND) RULES






	G.N. 14/1930 5 of 1987

(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 25th January, 1930]


1. These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works (Ragged Island) Rules.	Citation.
2. Duke Street Wharf, in front of the warehouse, shall be used for Revenue purposes only, and no boats (except customs boats) shall be tied there. The two wings on the north and south of the warehouse shall be for the public use.	Duke Street Wharf.
3. No boats other than dinghy boats shall be tied to the public wharves, and no boat shall be so tied as to obstruct the front steps of such wharves.	Only small boats to be tied to wharves.
4. No person shall deposit or place or cause or procure to be deposited or placed, except for removal within twenty-four hours, on any public wharf, any wood, stones, conch shells, etc. and any person who allows any such material or shells to remain on any such wharf for more than twenty-four hours, or who neglects to make clean any such wharf immediately after the removal of such material or shells shall be guilty of an offence against these Rules.	Removal of shells, etc., from wharves.
5. No person shall deposit or place or cause or procure to be deposited or placed any sand on wharves which are used for salt deposits.	No sand on wharves used for salt deposits.
6. No person shall deposit, sweep or throw or cause or procure to be deposited, swept or thrown, any filth, rubbish or other like substances whatsoever into the sea.	Disposal of rubbish.
7. Any person who commits a breach of these Rules shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars.	Penalty.

MINISTRY OF WORKS (SPANISH WELLS) RULES






	G.N. 172/1956 5 of 1987
(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 8th September, 1956]


1. These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works (Spanish Wells) Rules.	Citation.
2. No person shall discharge or deposit in or on any public road, street, sidewalk, wharf or public ground any fruit skins, sugar cane peelings or refuse, stones, earth, weeds, sweepings of any kind, paper, rags, rubbish, filth, or other substance or liquid.	No fruit skins, etc., to be left in public roads.
3. No person shall injure, destroy, or interfere with any tree, shrub or plant, growing in any public street, square or ground.	Injury to trees.
4. Whenever any public road, street or lane shall be obstructed, encroached upon, or rendered inconvenient to passengers by reason of fallen or partly fallen buildings, walls or fences of any kind, or by fallen trees or parts of trees or by the overhanging of branches of trees, bushes, or vines, or creeping plants, or other substances of any kind, all such obstructions and nuisances shall be removed by the proprietors or tenants of the soil from which such buildings, walls, fences, or trees shall have fallen, or from which such branches, vines, or other creeping plants, or other substances shall so overhang the roadways as aforesaid within forty-eight hours after notice of such obstructions or nuisances shall be given to such proprietors or tenants as aforesaid by or under the authority of the Minister.	Obstruction of roads.
5. There shall be appointed a scavenger at Spanish Wells whose salary shall be determined by the Minister.	Scavenger.
6. The duties of the scavenger shall be as follows-	Duties of scavenger.
(a) to remove garbage on days to be determined by the Minister;
(b) to remove garbage which has been placed in containers free of charge at all times;
(c) to remove ordinary yard cleanings free of charge at such times as shall be fixed by the Minister;
(d) to keep clean to the satisfaction of the Minister, all public grounds, streets, cemeteries and abutments;
(e) to take proper care of the Minister's truck;
(f) to charge at a rate per truck load to be fixed by the Minister for the removal of garbage and cleanings from private properties on days not fixed for the removal of such garbage and cleanings free of charge. A truck load shall be determined by the scavenger.
7. All garbage and cleanings shall be put into serviceable containers which shall be placed within five feet of the road, but not on the road.	Dustbins.
8. Any person committing a breach of any of the above Rules shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding forty dollars.	Penalty.

SPANISH WELLS PUBLIC DOCK RULES






	G.N. 173/1956 5 of 1987
(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 8th September, 1956]


1. These Rules may be cited as the Spanish Wells Public Dock Rules.	Citation.
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-	Interpretation.
"dock" means the public dock at Spanish Wells;
"harbour" means the harbour at Spanish Wells;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Public Works.
3. There shall be charged, levied, collected and paid on all boats which lie at the dock for a longer period than four hours the following fees in respect of each boat-	Fees to be paid.
(a) for over four hours and up to twelve hours in respect of boats of all sizes, one dollar;
(b) for any time exceeding twelve hours but not exceeding twenty-four hours in respect of boats up to fifty feet in length, two dollars;
(c) for any time exceeding twelve hours but not exceeding twenty-four hours in respect of boats over fifty feet in length, sixty dollars.
4. The Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be dockmaster.	Dockmaster.
5. The dockmaster's duties shall be as follows-	Duties of dockmaster.
(a) to direct the docking of boats at the dock;
(b) to collect dockage fees, which fees shall be payable when boats are ready to leave the dock;
(c) to institute proceedings in the name of the Minister against owners or captains of boats, as the case may be, who refuse to pay dockage fees within seven days of the date such fees are payable;
(d) to keep a proper account of all fees collected and hand them over to the Minister at least monthly;
(e) to keep the dock in a clean condition at all times;
(f) to answer to the Minister in all matters related to the dock.
6. All fees payable or recoverable under these Rules which do not exceed the maximum amount recoverable in a summary manner under the provisions of the Magistrates Act may be sued for, recovered and enforced summarily before the magistrate of the Harbour Island District.	Proceedings before magistrate.
7. The Minister may expend such moneys collected under these Rules for paying the dockmaster's fees and on repairs and maintenance to the dock and its facilities.	Use of fees.
8. The dockmaster shall be paid a monthly salary to be determined by the Minister, and such salary shall not exceed thirty per centum nor be less than ten per centum of the total fees collected in any one month.	Dockmaster's salary.
9. No boat shall anchor or moor anywhere between the western end of the public dock and the eastern entrance of the harbour except in single file along the southern bank or southward of the white stakes at the entrance of the southern arm of the harbour except it be a dinghy boat and such dinghy boat is not anchored more than fifty feet from the abutment.	Anchorage.

HARBOUR ISLAND PUBLIC DOCK RULES






	G.N. 264/1960 5 of 1987
(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 26th November, 1960]


1. These Rules may be cited as the Harbour Island Public Dock Rules.	Citation.
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-	Interpretation.
"dock" means the public dock at Harbour Island;
"harbour" means the harbour at Harbour Island;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Public Works.
3. There shall be charged, levied, collected and paid on all boats which lie at the dock for a longer period than two hours the following fees in respect of each boat-	Fees to be paid.
(a) for over two hours and up to twelve hours in respect of boats of all sizes, one dollar;
(b) for any time exceeding twelve hours but not exceeding twenty-four hours in respect of boats up to fifty feet in length, two dollars;
(c) for any time exceeding twelve hours but not exceeding twenty-four hours in respect of boats over fifty feet in length, three dollars.
4. The Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be dockmaster.	Dockmaster.
5. The dockmaster's duties shall be as follows-	Duties of dockmaster.
(a) to direct the docking of boats at the dock;
(b) to collect dockage fees, which fees shall be payable when boats are ready to leave the dock;
(c) to institute proceedings in the name of the Minister against owners or captains of boats, as the case may be, who refuse to pay dockage fees within seven days of the date such fees are payable;
(d) to keep a proper account of all fees collected and hand them over to the Minister at least monthly;
(e) to keep the dock in a clean condition at all times;
(f) to answer to the Minister in all matters related to the dock.
6. All fees payable or recoverable under these Rules which do not exceed the maximum amount recoverable in a summary manner under the provisions of the Magistrates Act may be sued for, recovered and enforced summarily before the magistrate of the Harbour Island District.	Proceedings before magistrate.
7. The Minister may expend such moneys collected under these Rules for paying the dockmaster's fees and on repairs and maintenance to the dock and its facilities.	Use of fees.
8. The dockmaster shall be paid a monthly salary to be determined by the Minister, and such salary shall not exceed thirty per centum nor be less than ten per centum of the total fees collected in any one month.	Dockmaster's salary.

MINISTRY OF WORKS (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS) RULES






	G.N. 331/1964 G.N. 53/1965 5 of 1987
(SECTION 6)
[Commencement 19th December, 1964]


PART I PRELIMINARY
1. These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works (Control of Advertisements) Rules.	Citation.
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-	Interpretation.
"advertisement" means any word, letter, model, sign, placard, board, notice or device or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the nature of and employed wholly or in part for the purposes of advertisement, announcement, attraction or direction (excluding any such thing employed wholly as a memorial), and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes any hoarding or similar structure used or adapted for use for the display of advertisements, and references to the display of advertisements shall be construed accordingly;
"illuminated advertisement" means an advertisement which is designed or adapted to be illuminated by artificial lighting, directly or by reflection, and which is so illuminated for the purposes of the advertisement, announcement or direction at any time after the date upon which these Rules come into force;
"building" includes any structure or erection and any part of a building so defined;
"land" includes buildings and land covered by water;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Public Works:
"Ministry" means the Ministry of Public Works.
3. (1) These Rules shall apply to the display of all advertisements on land, buildings, walls, trees, vehicles or on water car in the air in and around The Bahamas:	Extent and application.
Provided that there shall be excepted from the provisions of this paragraph advertisements-
(a) displayed on enclosed land, and not readily visible from land outside the enclosure wherein it is displayed or from any part of such enclosure over which there is a public right of way or to which there is a public right of access;
(b) displayed within a building; and
(c) displayed on or in a vehicle, provided that such advertisement is restricted to the name of the advertiser, the business which is carried on and the main agency of the business in neat and tasteful lettering and that there is no general advertising of merchandise nor trademarks in excess of one square foot in area; for example A and B Company Limited, Hardware Supplies, Agents for X Airconditioners.
(2) For the purposes of this rule-
(a) the expression "enclosed land" means any land which is wholly or for the most part enclosed within a hedge, fence, wall or similar screen or structure, but shall not include any public park, public garden or other land held for the use and enjoyment of the public;
(b) "vehicle" means a vehicle normally employed as a moving vehicle on any highway, a vessel normally employed as a moving vessel normally in the territorial waters of The Bahamas and any aircraft normally employed as a moving aircraft in the air over The Bahamas; and
(c) no advertisement shall be deemed to be displayed within a building unless there is access to the advertisement from inside the building.
PART II GENERAL APPLICATION
4. (1) The powers conferred by these Rules with respect to the grant or refusal of consent for the display of advertisements, and to the revocation or modification of such consent, shall be exercisable only in the interest of amenity and public safety.	Control in the interests of amenity and public safety.
(2) When exercising such powers the Minister-
(a) shall in the interests of amenity, determine the suitability of the use of the site for the display of advertisements in the light of the general characteristics of the locality, including the presence therein of any feature of historic, architectural, cultural or similar interest; and when assessing the general characteristics of a locality the Minister may disregard any advertisements therein being displayed;
(b) shall, in the interests of public safety, have regard to the safety of persons who may use any road, waterway (including coastal waters), dock, harbour or airfield or landing place affected or likely to be affected by any display of advertisements; and shall in particular consider whether any such display is likely to obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of, any road traffic sign or aid to navigation by water or air (but without prejudice to his power to have regard to any other material factor);
(c) shall have regard to the effect on amenity of the content and design of the advertisement to be displayed; and
(d) in any case may have regard to any material change in circumstances likely to occur within the period for which the consent is required or granted, or to any other material factor.
5. Subject to the provisions of rule 6 of these Rules (relating to advertisements for which no consent is required) no advertisement may be displayed without written consent granted by the Minister on application being made in that behalf.	Consent required for display of advertisements.
6. (1) The display of advertisements of the following descriptions may be undertaken without consent-	Advertisements for which no consent is required.
(a) any advertisement required or authorised by law;
(b) any advertisement relating specifically to a parliamentary election in respect of which a writ of election has been issued;
(c) any advertisement required to be displayed by any enactment for the time being in force, or by the Governor-General under any powers conferred upon him by virtue of the Constitution, or by standing orders of either the House of Assembly or the Senate including an advertisement the display of which is required as a condition of the valid exercise of any other power or proper performance of any function given or imposed by any enactment;
(d) advertisements in the nature of traffic signs employed wholly for the control, guidance or safety of traffic and displayed in accordance with an authorisation given by the Minister for Road Traffic either by way of Regulations made under the provisions of section 92 of the Road Traffic Act, or otherwise;
(e) advertisements for the purpose of identification, direction or warning with respect to the land or building on which they are displayed and do not exceed two square feet in area;
(f) advertisements relating to any person, partnership or company separately carrying on a profession, business or trade at the premises where any such advertisement is displayed; limited to one advertisement not exceeding two square feet in area in respect of each such person, partnership or company;
(g) advertisements relating to any church or any institution of a religious, educational, cultural, recreational or medical or similar character, or to any residential hotel, block of flats, club, boarding house or hostel situate on land on which any such advertisement is displayed; limited to one advertisement not exceeding four square feet in area in respect of each such premises, or in the case of premises with entrances upon different road frontages, to two such advertisements displayed on different road frontages of the premises;
(h) advertisements of a purely temporary nature-
(i) relating to the sale or letting of land on which it is displayed; limited to one advertisement consisting of a board (whether or not attached to a building) not exceeding twenty square feet in area, no such advertisement when displayed on a building to project more than three feet from the face of the building;
(ii) relating to the sale of goods or livestock or the carrying out of building or similar work on the land on which they are displayed, not being land normally used whether at regular intervals or otherwise, for the purpose of holding sales or carrying out such work; limited to one advertisement not exceeding twelve square feet in area in respect of each such sale or work;
(iii) relating to any event or other matter of a temporary nature in connection with an activity promoted for non-commercial purposes by or on behalf of any local organisation of a religious, educational, cultural, social or recreational character; limited to a display of advertisements occupying an area not exceeding a total of six square feet on any premises:
Provided that no advertisement relating to a sale or other matter which is due to start or take place on a specified date shall be displayed earlier than fourteen days before that date and shall be removed within seven days after the conclusion of the event or the matter to which it relates, and that any advertisement relating to the carrying out on land of building or other similar works may be displayed only while such works are in progress.
(2) All advertisements to which this rule relates shall as regards the illumination thereof be subject to the provisions of these Rules relating to the illumination of advertisements.
PART III APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT
7. (1) An application for consent to display advertisements shall be made on a form issued by the Minister and obtainable from the Ministry, and shall include such particulars and shall be accompanied by such plans together with such additional copies (not exceeding two) of the form and plans, as may be required by the directions of the Minister, printed on the form.	How to apply.
(2) The application shall be lodged with the Minister and the Minister shall, on receipt thereof, send an acknowledgement in writing to the applicant, and may by a direction issued to him in writing require such information, in addition to that given in the application, as may be requisite to enable the Minister to determine the matter in respect of which the application is made, to be given to the Minister, or such evidence as the Minister may reasonably call for to verify any particulars of information given to the Minister.
(3) The Minister may restrict, by direction given either generally or in any particular case or class of case, the amount of particulars, plans or information which an applicant may be required to furnish under these Rules.
8. (1) Where it appears to the Minister that the display of advertisements to which an application relates may affect the safety of persons using any road, dock, harbour or airfield, the Minister, before determining the application, shall consult the Ministry, body or persons responsible for the operation thereof.	Consultations on applications.
(2) The Minister shall give to any Ministry, body or persons with whom he is required to consult not less than fourteen days' notice that an application is being considered and shall in determining the application take into account any representation made by such Ministry, person or body.	Consultations on applications.
9. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Rules the Minister may grant consent for the display of an advertisement with or without illumination as the application requires but subject to such conditions as the Minister may think fit or the Minister may refuse consent.	Power to deal with application.
(2) Where any consent is refused such refusal may be accompanied by a condition requiring the removal of any advertisement previously authorised or the discontinuance of any use of land so authorised at the expiration of a specified period and the carrying out of any works required for the reinstatement of the land at the expiration of that period.	Power to deal with application.
10. (1) Every grant of consent shall be for a fixed period not exceeding three years and shall expire upon the third anniversary of that date or upon the last date of subsequent triennial periods thereafter, subject to renewal as provided by paragraph (3) of this rule.	Consent to be limited.
(2) Provision may be made, in granting consent, for the term thereof to run from the subsequent inception of the display to which the consent relates or from a subsequent date not later than six months after the date on which the consent is granted, whichever is the earlier.
(3) At any time within a period of six months before the expiry of a consent application may be made for the renewal thereof, and the provisions of these Rules relating to applications for consent and to the determination thereof shall apply where application is made for such renewal.
11. (1) The grant or refusal by the Minister of consent for the display of an advertisement shall be in writing and where such consent is granted subject to conditions or is refused the reason therefor shall be stated in writing.	Notification of Minister`s decision.
(2) The Minister shall, within two months from the date of the receipt of the application, give notice to the applicant of his decision:
Provided that such period of two months may, at any time before the expiration thereof, be extended by the Minister if he, in his entire discretion, thinks fit.
12. (1) Where, on application being made for consent under these Rules, consent is refused by the Minister or is granted by him subject to conditions, the applicant may appeal to the Governor-General:	Appeals.
Provided that the Governor-General shall not be required to entertain an appeal under this rule if it appears to him that consent for the display of advertisements in respect of which application was made could not have been granted otherwise than subject to the conditions imposed by the Minister.
(2) Any person who desires to appeal under this rule shall give notice of appeal in writing to the Secretary to the Cabinet within one month from the receipt of notification of the Minister's decision or such longer period as the Governor-General may allow and shall furnish to the Governor-General a copy of the following documents-
(i) the application made to the Minister;
(ii) all relevant plans and particulars submitted to him;
(iii) the notice of the decision;
(iv) all other relevant correspondence with the Minister.
(3) The Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, require the applicant or the Minister to submit within a specified period a further statement in writing in respect of any of the matters to which the appeal relates, and if, after considering the grounds of the appeal and any such further statements, the Governor-General is satisfied that he is sufficiently informed for the purpose of reaching a decision as to the matters to which the appeal relates, he may decide the appeal without further investigation; but otherwise the Governor-General shall afford to each of them an opportunity of appealing before and being heard by a person or persons appointed by the Governor-General for the purpose.
(4) The Governor-General may allow or dismiss the appeal or may reverse or vary any part of the decision of the Minister, whether or not the appeal relates to that part, and deal with the application as if it had been made to him in the first instance.
(5) Where the Minister fails to notify the applicant as required by rule 11 of these Rules within two months from receipt of the application, or within such extended period as he may grant, the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this rule shall apply in relation to the application as if consent had been refused by the Minister and as if notification of his decision had been received by the applicant at the expiration of the said period of two months or the extended period as aforesaid, as the case may be.
(6) The decision of the Governor-General or the person or persons appointed under the provisions of paragraph (3) of this rule on an appeal under this rule shall be final and shall otherwise have effect as if it were a decision of the Minister.
PART IV REVOCATION AND MODIFICATION OF CONSENT
13. (1) Subject to the provisions of rule 4 of these Rules (relating to amenity and public safety), if it appears to the Minister that it is expedient that any consent for the display of advertisements should be revoked or modified, he may by order revoke or modify the consent to such extent as appears to him to be expedient:	Provisions as to revocation and modification of consent.
Provided that no such order shall take effect unless it is confirmed by the Governor-General, and the Governor-General may confirm any order submitted to him for the purpose either without modification or subject to such modifications as he considers expedient.
(2) Where the Minister submits an order to the Governor-General for his confirmation, the Minister shall serve notice on the person upon whose application the consent was granted, on the owner and on the occupier of the land affected, and on any other person who in his opinion will be affected by the order; and if within such period as may be specified in that behalf in the notice (not being less than twenty-eight days from the service thereof) any person on whom the notice is served so requires, the Governor-General shall, before confirming the order, afford to such person and to the Minister an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person or persons appointed by the Governor-General for the purpose.
(3) The power conferred by this rule may be exercised-
(a) where the consent relates to a display which involves the carrying out of building or similar operations, at any time before those operations have been completed;
(b) where the consent relates to a display which involves no such operations as aforesaid, at any time before the display is begun:
Provided that the revocation or modification of consent for a display which involves the carrying out of building or similar operations shall not affect so much of those operations as has been previously carried out.
14. (1) Where consent for the display of advertisements is revoked or modified by an order made under rule 13 of these Rules then if, on a claim made to the Minister in writing and served in the manner indicated in paragraph (3) of this rule within six months after confirmation of the order, it is shown that any person has incurred expenditure in carrying out, in connection with the display in question, work which is rendered abortive by the revocation or modification, or has otherwise sustained loss or damage which is directly attributable to the revocation or modification, the Minister shall pay to that person compensation in respect of that expenditure or loss or damage:	Supplementary provisions as to revocation and modification of consent.
Provided that no compensation shall be payable under this paragraph in respect of loss or damage consisting of the depreciation in value of any interest in land by virtue of the revocation or modification.
(2) For the purposes of this rule, any expenditure incurred in the preparation of plans for the purposes of any work or upon other similar matters preparatory thereto shall be deemed to be included in the expenditure incurred in carrying out the work, but except as aforesaid no compensation shall be paid under this rule in respect of any work carried out before the grant of the consent which is revoked or modified, or in respect of any other loss or damage arising out of anything done or omitted to be done before the grant of the consent.
(3) A claim for compensation under this rule shall be served on the Minister by delivering it at the offices of the Ministry or by sending it by pre-paid post addressed as aforesaid.
PART V ENFORCEMENT
15. (1) If it appears to the Minister that any advertisement has been displayed either on land or otherwise after the coming into force of these Rules without consent required in that behalf, or that any conditions subject to which consent was granted have not been complied with, then the Minister may serve a notice on the owner or occupier of the land where the advertisement is displayed or on any person known to the Minister to be displaying the advertisement without such consent, or to have displayed it in contravention of such conditions, as the case may be.	Provisions as to enforcement.
(2) Any such notice shall specify the display of advertisements which is alleged to have begun or continued without such consent or as the case may be, the matters in respect of which it is alleged that any conditions have not been complied with, and may require such steps to be taken as may be specified in the notice within such period as may be so specified, and in particular any such notice may require the demolition or alteration of any buildings or works, the discontinuance of the use of land or the carrying out on land of any building or other operations.
(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this rule, an enforcement notice shall take effect at the expiration of such period as may be expressed therein being a period of not less than-
(a) forty-eight hours where the Minister considers it urgently necessary in the interests of public safety that the advertisement to which the notice relates should be altered or removed; or where the Minister is satisfied that any steps required by the notice to be taken can be taken without the removal or substantial modification of any structure or the carrying out of any building or similar operations on land;
(b) in any other case fourteen days.
16. (1) If within the period specified in an enforcement notice, or within such extended period as may be allowed by the Minister any steps required by the notice to be taken have not been taken, the Minister may take all necessary action including the entering upon any land, to take such steps and may recover as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction from the person who displayed such advertisement any and all expenses reasonably incurred by the Minister in that behalf.	Supplementary promsions as to enforcement.
(2) Any expenses incurred by the owner or occupier of any land for the purpose of complying with any enforcement notice served under the provisions of rule 15, and any sums paid by the owner of land in respect of the expenses of the Minister in taking steps required to be taken by such notice, shall be deemed to be incurred or paid for the use and at the request of the person who displayed such advertisement in contravention of these Rules.
PART VI ILLUMINATED ADVERTISEMENTS
17. No advertisement displayed anywhere or in any manner other than within a building shall be illuminated without the consent of the Minister and such consent may be granted subject to such conditions and modifications as he may, in his entire discretion, think fit.	Displayed other than in a building.
PART VII MISCELLANEOUS	Displayed other than in a building.
18. Subject to the provisions of these Rules-	Extension of time.
(a) the Governor-General may for special reasons, in any particular case, extend the time within which anything required to be done under these Rules, or within which any objection, representation or claim for compensation may be made thereunder;
(b) the Minister may, on reasonable cause being shown to him, extend the time within which an application for consent is required to be, or may be, made to him under these Rules, and any such extension may be granted either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Governor-General or the Minister, as the case may be, think fit to impose:
Provided that the provisions of this rule shall not apply to the time within which the Minister is required under rule 11 of these Rules to notify an applicant of the manner in which his application has been dealt with save as expressly provided in that rule.
19. (1) The amount of the fine to which a person who displays an advertisement in contravention of these Rules is liable on summary conviction is four hundred dollars and, in the case of a continuing offence, twenty dollars for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.	Liability to fine.
(2) Failure to observe any condition relating to the maintenance of an advertisement or of the site used for the display thereof, or to the satisfactory removal of the advertisement shall only be a contravention of these Rules if, within the time allowed for complying with an enforcement notice served on the person concerned under rule 15 of these Rules, the steps required by the notice to be taken to remedy such failure are not taken.	Liability to fine.
20. The Ministry shall keep records containing the following information-	Record of applications.
(a) the particulars of any application made to it for the display of advertisements, including the name and address of the applicant, the date of the application, and brief particulars of the type of advertisements forming the subject of the application;
(b) the particulars of any direction given under these Rules in respect of the application;
(c) the decision (if any) of the Minister in respect of the application and the date of such decision; and
(d) the date and effect of any decision of the Minister in respect of the application, or of the Governor-General on appeal.
21. (1) Any power conferred by these Rules to give a direction shall be construed as including power to cancel or vary that direction by a subsequent direction.	Directions and notices.
(2) Except where otherwise stated in these Rules any notice to be served or given under these Rules may be served or given either personally at the address in the application made to the Minister or at the office of the Ministry or sent by pre-paid post addressed as aforesaid.	Directions and notices.
22. Nothing in these Rules or in a consent granted thereunder shall be taken as operating to discharge an obligation or liability, imposed or incurred under any other enactment in force, in relation to any operation or other matter involved in the display of advertisements.	Other statutory obligations not affected.

PUBLIC PARKS RULES






	S.I. 47/1966 S.I. 67/1967 5 of 1987

(SECTION 6)


1. These Rules may be cited as the Public Parks Rules.	Citation.
2. (1) These Rules shall apply to the public lands (any one of which is in these Rules referred to as a park) specified in the Schedule hereto.	Application and administration of Rules.
(2) Any person who desires to obtain the permission of the Minister for any of the matters or purposes in these Rules hereinafter mentioned shall apply to the Minister at the Ministry of Works.	Application and administration of Rules.
3. (1) No person shall organize or take part in any organized game, pastime or sport in any park except in accordance with the terms and conditions of any prior permission given in that behalf by the Minister.	Permission required for playing organized games, etc.
(2) Any person contravening the provisions of this rule shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars.	Permission required for playing organized games, etc.
4. (1) No person shall convene, hold, organize or take part in any public meeting or any entertainment, exhibition, fair or fête in any park except in accordance with the terms and conditions of any prior permission given in that behalf by the Minister.	Permission required for holding public meetings, etc.
(2) Any person contravening the provisions of this rule shall be liable on summary conviction-
(a) in the case of a person who convenes, holds or organizes any of the activities or functions referred to in this rule, to a fine of two hundred dollars;
(b) in the case of a person who takes part in any of the activities or functions referred to in this rule, to a fine of twenty dollars.
5. (1) Any permit granted by the Minister for the use of a park, or any part thereof for organized games, pastimes, sports, public meetings, fairs, fêtes, entertainments or exhibitions may at any time be cancelled by the Minister for any reasons which appear to him to be sufficient and shall be subject to such terms and conditions and valid for such period as may be specified therein, and may be made subject to security being given to the satisfaction of the Minister for the cost of repairing any damage to or of reinstating any such park after its use for any such purposes.	Conditions for temporary use of parks for special purposes.
(2) In any case in which the Minister grants a permit under the provisions of these Rules, he may make such provision as appears to him to be expedient for temporarily excluding persons who are not participating in or supporting the activity to which the permit relates from entering or using any park or part thereof and any person who, after being informed of such temporary restriction, without lawful authority enters or attempts to enter any such park or part thereof, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars.	Conditions for temporary use of parks for special purposes.
6. (1) No person shall beg for alms, or peddle, hawk or vend any goods or any food or drink in any park:	Prohibition of begging, hawking and peddling.
Provided that the Minister may grant a permit upon such terms and conditions as he may consider appropriate, including the payment of any fee, to any person-
(a) to sell food or drink in any park; or
(b) to sell any goods, food or drink in any park for the duration of any activity or function to which the provisions of rule 3 or 4 of these Rules apply.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this rule shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars for a first offence, and in the case of a subsequent conviction to a fine of eighty dollars.
7. Any person who exercises any horse in any park or permits any horses, cattle or other herbivorous animals to graze, wander or stray on, or who tethers any animal upon any park shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine of twenty dollars for each day that the offence continues.	Animals not to be grazed in parks.
8. Except in the case of any ambulance, fire fighting vehicle or police vehicle in an emergency requiring the use of such vehicle, or in any other case with the permission of the Minister, no vehicle of any type shall be driven into or upon any park and any person who drives a vehicle into or upon any park in contravention of this rule shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars:	Prohibition of vehicles.
Provided that the prohibition imposed by this rule shall not apply to any road or parking place in any park which is authorised by the Minister for use by vehicles.	Prohibition of vehicles.
9. Any person who throws down, drops or otherwise deposits and abandons in any park any litter or rubbish of any nature or substance whatsoever, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.	Prohibition of leaving litter.
	Prohibition of leaving litter.