Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Sec. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Prosecution of Officers, and Recovery of Penalties. 251 All penalties, expenses, costs, etc., are to be recovered in a snminary inannei’, as directed by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, before a court of summary j urisdic- tion, which shall be constituted by the presence of two or more justices in petty sessions, and sitting in a duly appointed place, or by some magistrate or officer empowered by law, to do alone any act autliorized to be done by more than one justice sitting in any place appointed for the administration of justice. A,stipen- diary magistrate mny thus act. 252 Any complaint or information must be made within six months from the time the matter complained of arose, and a description of any offence in the words of 253 this Act shall be sufficient in law; and without the consent of the Attorney-General, proceedings shall not be taken out for the recovery of any penalty other than by the party aggrieved, or by the L.A. of the district, but such consent sliaU not be recpiired to pro- ceedings relating to nuisances or offensive trades, authorized to be taken out by L.A. in respect of any act or default committed or taldng place without theii- district, or in respect of any house, building, manufac- tory, or place without their district. A police constable cannot arrest or prosecute an offender under the incorporated provisions of the Towns Police Clauses Act, ]8f7, unless authorised 254 by the U.A., or unless he is a person aggrieved. A penalty under this Act, unless otherwise provided for, shall be shared equally between informer and L.A.,
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