SOUTH EAST DISTRICT COUNCIL (NOISE AND NUISANCE) BYE-LAWS
(sections 33 and 34)
(11th August, 1978)
ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS
BYE-LAW
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Condition of operating any sound system
4. Restriction on advertising by sound system
5. Prohibition of continuing certain loud or unseemly noises and disturbances
6. Prohibition of continuing certain noises and activities in market squares, etc.
7. Playing of any sound system on Sundays, etc.
8. Singing during certain hours
9. Confiscation of instruments, etc.
10. Penalties
S.I. 31, 1969,
S.I. 85, 1978,
S.I. 107, 1992
S.I. 28, 2002,
S.I. 88, 2015.
These Bye-laws may be cited as the South East District Council (Noise and Nuisance) 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*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.
In these Bye-laws “Council” means the South East District Council.
3. Condition of operating any sound system
No person shall operate or cause or permit to be operated any wireless, record player, loudspeaker, amplifier or similar device to the annoyance of the occupants or inmates of any premises in the neighbourhood.
4. Restriction on advertising by sound system
No person shall operate any wireless, record player, loudspeaker, amplifier or similar device or play any musical instrument for the purpose of advertising on or adjacent to any street without the consent in writing of the Council.
5. Prohibition of continuing certain loud or unseemly noises and disturbances
No person shall continue to make any loud or unseemly noise or disturbance by shouting, screaming or yelling or by blowing upon any horn or other instrument or by beating upon any drum or other instrument so as to annoy or to disturb or interfere with the rest, peace or tranquillity of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood after having been required to desist from so doing by a police officer or by any inhabitant of the neighbourhood so annoyed or whose rest, peace or tranquillity has been so disturbed or interfered with.
6. Prohibition of continuing certain noises and activities in market squares, etc.
No person shall in any market square, street, park or public place
(a) continue to ring any bell, sound any horn, blow any whistle, use any noisy instrument or shout; or
(b) continue to hawk, sell or distribute any article or thing whatsoever, to the annoyance, disturbance or inconvenience of any person using the market square, street, park or public place, after having been required to desist from so doing by a police officer or by any person so annoyed, disturbed or inconvenienced:
Provided that this bye-law shall not apply in the case of a person acting under and in accordance with a written permit issued to him by the Council for the purposes of this bye-law.
7. Playing of any sound system on Sundays, etc.
No person shall at any time on a Sunday or before 8 a.m. or after 4 p.m. on other days play any instrument which, by reason of the noise created thereby, is offensive or constitutes a nuisance or disturbs the comfort or peace of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
8. Singing during certain hours
No person shall between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following day sing in such a manner as to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the neighbourhood.
9. Confiscation of instruments, etc.
Any member of the Police Force or any person authorised by the Council may confiscate any instrument, bell, horn, record player, amplifier or similar device used for contravening the Bye-laws.
Any person who fails to comply with these Bye-laws commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P500 or, in default thereof, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 21 days, and on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding P2 000 or, in default thereof, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months.