Section 123 Penalty for destroying notices.C1

F1 A person who wilfully destroys, tampers with, pulls down, injures or defaces—

(a)

any board on or to which any bye-law, notice or other matter put up by the authority of the Ministry or of a council is inscribed or affixed; or

(b)

any advertisement, placard, bill or notice put up by or under the direction of a council;

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceedingF2 level 3 on the standard scale.

Annotations

C1: Ss. 23-27, 31, 48, 123, 126, 127 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2006) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with arts. 49, 62); S.R. 2006/257, art. 2(a)(c)