# Metropolitan Police Act 1839, Section 55: Cannon, &c. not to be fired near dwelling houses.


No person, other than persons acting in obedience to lawful authority, shall discharge any cannon or other fire-arm of greater calibre than a common fowling-piece within three hundred yards of any dwelling house within the said district to the annoyance of any inhabitant thereof; and every person who, after being warned of the annoyance by any inhabitant, shall discharge any such fire-arm, shall be liable to a penalty not more than level 1 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/2-3/47/section/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-act-1839/section-55
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