Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Summary Offences Act 1966 - SECT 7

Offences tending to personal injury or damage to property

7. Offences tending to personal injury or damage to property

Any person who-

   (a)  places upon any road footpath canal or waterway an obstruction likely
        to cause death or injury to any person passing thereon;

   (b)  leaves a hole excavation or dangerous formation in or near a
        public place unguarded or without having a warning light burning
        nearby between sunset and sunrise;





   (c)  fails to keep in good repair any protective cover rail gate or fence
        over or about a cellar or lower area opening into or upon or near a
        public place or keeps any such cover rail gate or fence open for an
        unreasonable time in the circumstances;

   (d)  throws any offensive matter or thing or any animal into a waterway,
        canal or other place whence a supply of water for human use is
        obtained;

   (e)  draws or trails a sledge or timber or other heavy material upon a
        public footpath or road so as to damage the surface thereof;

   (f)  in a public place rolls a drum, barrel or cask or breaks in a horse to
        the injury of or danger to any person or damage to any property; or

   (g)  throws or discharges a stone arrow or other missile to the injury of
        or danger to any person or damage to any property-

shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: 25 penalty units or imprisonment for six months or both.

Offences relating to Horse-drawn Vehicles, Public Vehicles, Animals, &c.