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TOWNLANDS BYLAWS

1. For the purposes of these Bylaws -

"Townlands" means the Town Lands of the Township of Mtunzini.

"Board means the Mtunzini Town Board.

"Town Clerk" means the Town Clerk of Mtunzini.

2. No person shall use, occupy or reside in or erect any building booth, shelter or structure of any description upon any part of the Townlands unless duly authorised by the board.

3. No person shall hunt or shot any game or birds of any description on the Townlands.

4. No person shall carry or be in possession of, or discharge any firearm or airgun on the Townlands.

5. No person shall keep or departure animals on the Townlands without the written approval of the Board and any animals found thereon otherwise than in accordance with this Bylaw, shall be impounded and the owner of such animals shall be liable to prosecution.

6. Any person who willfully burns or ignites or causes to be burnt or ignited any grass, trees or sugar cane on the Townlands, or through whose negligence such burning or ignition is caused, shall be deemed guilty of a contravention of these Bylaws.

7. The deposit upon the Townlands of rubbish or litter of any nature whatsoever, except, at such places upon the Townlands as may be specially set apart for the purpose by the Board, is prohibited.

8. No person shall cut grass on the Townlands without first obtaining a permit from the Board.

9. No person shall cut down or remove any trees, shrubs or other growth on or from the Townlands without first obtaining a permit from the Board.

10. No person shall cause or permit any vehicle or sledge be drawn or propelled on or over any portion of the Townboard except with the prior permission of the Board.

11. No person shall make any road or footpath over any portion of the Townlands, not shall any person use any road or footpath, the use of which has been prohibited by the Board.

Prohibition of the use of any road or footpath shall be notified by th erection of a notice at either end thereof.
12. The Board may issue permits for the removal of sand, firewood and grass from the Townlands upon pre-payment of the fees prescribed in the Board's Tariff Bylaws.

13. No person shall do any of th following acts upon or in relation to the Townlands save and except in so far as he or she may be authorised to be do in pursuance of a permit issued to him or her by the Board : -

(a) Break up or disturb the surface, whether by digging, ploughing or any other manner.

(b) Dig or quarry for stone, sand, clay or gravel or remove the same.

(c) Cut or remove any tree, shrub, plant, grass or hay.

Offences and Penalties

14. Any person who contravenes any of these Bylaws shall be guilty of an offence and liable, upon conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty rand(R50) in the case of a first conviction, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for the same default of payment of any fine imposed in either case, to imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months; provided that in the case of a continuing offence a fine not exceeding Five rand (R5) for each day upon which the contravention continued may be prescribed, but no such fine shall in any one prosecution or within any one month exceed One Hundred Rand (R100).

15. The Commonage Regulations of the Mtunzini Township published on the 5th February, 1958 under Provincial Notice No. 53 of 1948, as amended, are hereby repealed.