# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, Section 123: Penalty for destroying notices.


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 exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/section/123 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-123
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