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Section 148: Common nuisance - unlawful acts causing public harm or inconvenience

148.Common nuisance

(1)Any person who does an act not authorised by law or omits to discharge a legal duty and thereby causes any common injury, or danger or annoyance, or obstructs or causes inconvenience to the public in the exercise of common rights, commits the misdemeanour termed a common nuisance and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of one year.

(2)It is immaterial that the act or omission complained of is convenient to a larger number of the public than it inconveniences, but the fact that the act or omission facilitates the lawful exercise of rights by a part of the public may show that it is not a nuisance to any of the public.

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You must not do something the law does not allow, or fail to do something the law requires, if that action or failure causes harm, danger, annoyance, ...

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