Section 6Part 0 —
Officer shall enforce removal of litter
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Without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence committed under section 4 or under any other law, where litter is left or caused to be kept in or on any premises in such circumstances as to cause, contribute to or tend to the defacement thereof by such litter an officer shall give notice, either orally or in writing, to the person so leaving or causing the same to be left or to the owner or occupier of such premises requiring him forthwith in the case of dead animals, carrion or other litter considered by the officer to be dangerous to health or life, and, in any other case, within such time as may be limited by the notice, not being less than three days, to remove the litter so as to restore the premises to a condition satisfactory to him.
A notice in writing may be served on a person either personally or by being sent by post to his last known business or private address, or it may be posted up in some conspicuous position on the premises on which the litter has been left.
Whoever fails to comply with the requirements of a notice under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to a further fine of one hundred dollars for every day during which the failure is continued after conviction, and an officer may, without prejudice to proceedings for an offence in respect of such failure, enter the premises and remove the litter so left or caused to be left and may recover summarily as a civil debt from the person in default the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing.