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Depositing dust, etc., committing nuisance.— 440(1) Whoever deposits or causes or suffers any member of his family or household to deposit any dust, dirt, dung, ashes, refuse or filth of any kind or any animal matter or any broken glass or earthenware or other rubbish or any other thing that is or may be a nuisance or danger, in any street or in any arch under a street or in any drain beside a street or on any open space not being private property or on any quay, jetty or landing place or on any part of the seashore, or the bank of a tidal river, or whether above or below highwater mark, or on the bank of the river, water course or nullah, except at such places, in such manner and at such hours as shall be fixed by the Chief Officer, and whoever commits or suffers any members of his 439 Substituted by the Amendment Act 13 of 1994. 440 Substituted vide the Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 2 of 2026), as per section 3 of the Act the fines and penalties provided under various provisions in the enactments shall be increased by ten percent of the minimum amount of penalty, as the case may be, specified therefor, after the expiry of every three years from the date of commencement of the Act. 140 family or household to commit nuisance in any such place as aforesaid, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to 441[Five thousand rupees]. (2) Whoever throws or puts or causes or suffers any members of his family or household to throw or put any of the matters described in sub-section (1) except night-soil or except with the permission of the Chief Officer, any night-soil into any drain, culvert, tunnel, gutter or water-course, and whoever commits nuisance or suffers any member of his family or household to commit nuisance in any such drain, culvert, tunnel, gutter or water-course, or in such close proximity thereto as to pollute the same, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to 442[Five thousand rupees]. [ 223. Depositing dust, etc., commiting nuisance.— (1) Whoever deposits or causes or suffers any member of his family or household to deposit any dust, dirt, dung, ashes, refuse or filth of any kind or any animal matter or any broken glass or earthenware or other rubbish or any other thing that is or may be a nuisance or danger, in any street or in any arch under a street or in any drain beside a street or on any open space not being private property or on any quay, jetty or landing place or on any part of the seashore, or the bank of a tidal river, or whether above or below highwater mark, or on the bank of the river, water course or nullah, except at such places, in such manner and at such hours as shall be fixed by the Chief Officer, and whoever commits or suffers any members of his family or household to commit nuisance in any such place as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees. (2) Whoever throws or puts, or causes or suffers any member of his family or household to throw or put, any of the matters described in subsection (1) (except night- soil, or, except with the permission of the Chief Officer, any night-soil) into any drain, culvert, tunnel, gutter or watercourse, and whoever commits nuisance, or suffers any member of his family or household to commit nuisance, in any such drain, culvert, tunnel, gutter or water-course, or in such close proximity thereto as to pollute the same, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees..]