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Amendments (Textual)
F1S. 5 repealed by Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7
No goods or other articles shall be allowed to rest on any footway or other part of a street within the F2. . . limits of this Act, or be otherwise allowed to cause obstruction or inconvenience to the passage of the public, for a longer time than may be absolutely necessary for loading or unloading such goods or other articles.
Any person doing any act in contravention of this section shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
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Amendments (Textual)
F2Word in ss. 6, 7, 9 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
F3Words repealed by Metropolitan Streets Act Amendment Act 1867 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 5), s. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6 amended by Metropolitan Streets Act Amendment Act 1867 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 5), s. 1 and City of London (Street Traffic) Act 1909 (c. lxvii), s. 3 and amended with the substitution of £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 92, Sch. 3 Pt. I
No person shall drive or conduct any cattle through any street within the F4. . . limits of this Act between the hours of ten in the morning and seven in the evening, except with the permission of the Commissioner of the Police.
Any person driving or conducting cattle in contravention of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for each head of cattle so driven or conducted.
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Amendments (Textual)
F4Word in ss. 6, 7, 9 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 7 amended by City of London (Street Traffic) Act 1909 (c. lxvii), s. 2
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Amendments (Textual)
F5S. 8 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
No picture, print, board, placard, or notice, except in such form and manner as may be approved of by the Commissioner of Police, shall, by way of advertisement, be carried or distributed in any street within the F6. . . limits of this Act by any person riding in any vehicle, or on horseback, or being on foot.
Any person doing any act in contravention of this section shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding [F7£10].
This section shall not apply to the sale of newspapers.
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Amendments (Textual)
F6Word in ss. 6, 7, 9 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
F7Figures substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 92, Sch. 3 Pt. I
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Amendments (Textual)
F8Ss. 10–16 repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 29(b), Sch. 18 Pt. II
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