SOWA TOWNSHIP AUTHORITY (GENERAL) BYE-LAWS

(sections 6 and 6A)

(26th March 2010)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

PART I
Preliminary

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
Health and Sanitation

    3.    Latrines

    4.    Mosquitoes and pests

    5.    Prevention of accumulation of refuse

    6.    Refuse receptacle and removal fees

    7.    Swimming pools and fish ponds

    8.    Overcrowding

PART III
Livestock and Other Animals

    9.    Keeping of livestock

    10.    Troublesome or dangerous animals

    11.    Bees, pigeons and poultry

    12.    Powers of Authority

    13.    Disposal of carcasses of dead animals

PART IV
Streets

    14.    Naming of streets

    15.    Numbering of houses

    16.    Hoardings

    17.    Bills, posters, placards or advertisements

    18.    Trees

PART V
Fire Control Measures

    19.    Accumulation of inflammable or combustible materials

    20.    Grass, rushes or reed fences

    21.    Storing of inflammable, combustible or explosive substances

    22.    Burning of grass, refuse or rubbish

    23.    Fire-fighting appliances in public buildings

    24.    Attendance of fire brigade at fires

PART VI
Food Premises

    25.    Construction and use of food premises

    26.    Construction of bakeries

    27.    Construction of butcheries and fishmongers’ shops

    28.    Operation of bakeries

    29.    Operation of butcheries and fishmongers’ shops

    30.    Personal cleanliness

    31.    Health of employees

    32.    Conveyance, handling, storage and sale of foodstuffs

    33.    Canned food

PART VII
Miscellaneous

    34.    Noise and nuisance

    35.    Collection for charity

    36.    Protection of common property

    37.    Barbed wire fences

S.I. 95, 1996,
S.I. 32, 2010.

PART I
Preliminary (bye-laws 1-2)

1.    Citation

    These Bye-laws may be cited as Sowa Township Authority (General) Bye-laws*.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires—

    "approved" means approved by duly authorised officer of the Authority;

    "Authorised officer" means an employee of the Authority duly authorised in writing, by the Authority to perform the duties under these Bye-laws;

    "Authority" means the Sowa Township Authority;

    "baker"means any person who carries on the business of selling whether by wholesale or retail, bakery products baked or made by such person;

    "bakery" means any premises on which is carried on any of the processes of or incidental to baking or the manufacture or storage of bakery products for use by persons other than those residing on the premises;

    "bakery products" includes bread, biscuits, rolls, tarts, cakes, pies, confectionery or sweet meats;

    "business premises" means any premises which are used or intended to be used as a place of trade or industry;

    "butcher" means any person who sells or exposes for sale or supplies butcher's meat for human consumption;

    "butchery" means any premises used for the purpose of carrying on the business of a butcher;

    "butchers' meat" means the flesh or offal of any animal intended for human consumption or any products manufactured therefrom, but does not include canned or potted meats, biltong, ham, sausages, bacon, salted and other prepared meats, fish, poultry or venison;

    "dwelling" means any house, room, shed, hut or any other structure, plan or any portion which is used by any human being for sleeping in or in which any human being dwells;

    "food" means any thing than drugs or water, which is ordinarily used or intended to be used for human consumption;

    "food premises" means any premises which are used or intended to be used as a place for the preparation, manufacture, keeping, storing, depositing, conveying, handling and exposing for sale of food;

    "latrine" means any building, erection or place adapted or constructed for the use of human beings for the purposes of defecation or urination;

    "livestock" means any domestic bovine animal, goat, sheep, swine, horse, donkey or mule;

    "occupier" means, in relation to any lot or premises—

    (a)    any person in actual occupation of such lot or premises and having charge or management thereof; or

    (b)    in the event of the lot or premises being occupied by anybody other than an employee of the person having charge or management thereof, any person having such charge or management;

    "owner" means, in relation to—

    (a)    any animal, in addition to its ordinary meaning, any person having the charge, custody or control of any animal and the occupier of any premises where any animal is kept or permitted to remain; or

    (b)    any lot or premises, the person in whose name the title to such lot or premises is registered and includes an agent of the owner or any person receiving or entitled to receive rent in respect of such lot or premises;

    "poultry" means any fowl, turkey, goose or duck;

    "premises" means any building or part thereof, store, shop tenement or other erection above or below the ground and the land used or occupied in connection therewith;

    "stable" includes a cowshed, stall, pen or sty;

    "street" means any road, lane, footpath, pavement, thoroughfare or public place extending in width from the boundary of any lot or area of land and includes any work or thing forming part of or connected with such street;

    "Township area" means the area under the jurisdiction of the Sowa Township Authority;

    "veterinary surgeon" means a person duly registered as such under the provisions of the Veterinary Surgeons Act (Cap. 61:04);

    "waste-water" means any discharge of a non-excremental nature from any waste-water fitment, gully trap, grease trap or laundry.

PART II
Health and Sanitation (bye-laws 3-8)

3.    Latrines

    (1) The owner of any premises within the Township shall—

    (a)    provide proper and sufficient latrine accommodation for all persons residing or employed in the premises;

    (b)    provide a minimum of one latrine for every 15 persons residing or employed in the premises.

    (2) A person shall not defecate within the township area other than in a latrine.

    (3) The Authority may, by notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of any premises within the Township area, prohibit the use of any latrine on those premises which by reason of faulty construction or neglect or from any other cause has, in the opinion of the Authority, become or is likely to become a nuisance or a danger to public health until such nuisance or danger has been abated to the satisfaction of the Authority.

    (4) An owner or occupier on whom notice has been served under sub-bye-law (3) shall take every reasonable step to ensure that the notice is complied with all the time.

    (5) A person who contravenes—

    (a)    sub-bye-law (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of P500 or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months;

    (b)    sub-bye-law (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of P200 or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months.

4.    Mosquitoes and pests

    (1) An owner or occupier of any lot or premises within the Township area shall, in respect of such lot or premises—

    (a)    maintain every water receptacle, such as a tank, cistern, cask, pail and other contrivance in which water is stored or retained for any period in excess of 24 hours covered so as to prevent the ingress and breeding of mosquitoes or other pests;