Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

Offences by keepers of houses.

97. Any keeper of a common lodging-house who—

(1.) Receives any lodger in such house without the same being registered under this Act; or,

(2.) Fails to make a report, after he has been furnished by the sanitary authority with schedules for the purpose in pursuance of this Act, of the persons resorting to such house; or,

(3.) Fails to give the notices required by this Act where any person has been confined to his bed in such house by fever or other infectious disease,

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding forty shillings for every day during which the offence continues.