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Interpretation.
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11.—(1) The expression “ashpit” in the Public Health Acts and in this Act shall for the purposes of the execution of those Acts and of this Act include any ashtub or other receptacle for the deposit of ashes, fæcal matter, or refuse.
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(2) A street or part of a street which has been asphalted or paved with wood, tar paving, or artificial stone, or other improved paving of any kind shall be deemed to have been paved within the meaning any provision of the Public Health Acts.
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Provided that a street shall not be deemed to be paved to the satisfaction of an urban authority unless it is paved with such kind as well as with such quality of paving as the local authority shall consider suitable for the street.
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(3) In this Act if not inconsistent with the context—
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The expression “local authority” means an urban sanitary authority or a rural sanitary authority, as the case may be, under the Public Health Acts, and the expressions “urban authority” and “rural authority” mean respectively an urban sanitary authority and a rural sanitary authority under those Acts.
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The expressions “urban sanitary district” and “rural sanitary district” mean respectively an urban sanitary district and a rural sanitary district under the Public Health Acts.
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The expression “sanitary convenience” includes urinals, water-closets, earth-closets, privies, ashpits, and any similar convenience.
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The expression “daily penalty” means a penalty for each day on which any offence is continued after conviction therefor.
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The expressions “surveyor,” “lands,” “premises,” “owner,” “street,” “house,” “drain,” “sewer,” have respectively the same meaning as in the Public Health Acts.
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