Section 72 Penalty on persons committing nuisances by riding on footpaths, &c.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 If any person shall wilfully ride upon any footpath or causeway by the side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of foot passengers; or shall wilfully lead or drive any horse, ass, sheep, mule, swine, or cattle or carriage of any description, or any truck or sledge, upon any such footpath or causeway; or shall tether any horse, ass, mule, swine, or cattle, on any highway, so as to suffer or permit the tethered animal to be thereon;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2; every person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid shall for each and every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding F3level 2 on the standard scale, over and above the damages occasioned thereby.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 (c. 57), s. 1, Sch.
- F2
Words repealed by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), Sch. 25 and London Government Act 1963 (c. 33, SIF 81:1), s. 16(2), Sch. 6 para. 70
- F3
Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 39, 46, Sch. 3
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 4(b)