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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1923 - SECT 76

Playing musical instruments so as to annoy

    (1)     Every householder personally, or by his servant, or by any member, may require any street musician to depart from the neighbourhood of his house, on account of the illness of any inmate of the house or for any reasonable cause.

    (2)     Every person who sounds or plays upon any musical instrument in any thoroughfare near to and so as to be heard at the house, after being so required to depart, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty:     200 dollars.

    (3)     Every person who sounds or plays upon any musical instrument, and against whom an information has been laid by any inhabitant who is annoyed by the sounding or playing of the musical instrument, or by any member upon the written complaint of the inhabitant, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty:     200 dollars.



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