(1) It shall be lawful for the
Municipality to direct by public notice that every furnace
employed, or to be employed in any works or buildings used for
the purpose of any trade or manufacture whatsoever within the
limits of the Municipality, whether a steam engine, be or be not
used or employed therein shall, in all cases, be constructed,
supplemented or altered so as to consume or burn or reduce as far
as may be practicable, the smoke arising from furnace.
(2) If any person shall, after such direction, use or permit
to be used any such furnace not so constructed, supplemented or
altered, or shall so negligently use, or permit to be used, any such
furnace that the smoke arising therefrom shall not be effectually
consumed or burnt as far as may be practicable, every person so
offending, being the owner or occupier of the said works or
buildings or being an agent or other person employed by such
owner or occupier for managing the same, shall be punished with
fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which
may extend to two thousand rupees, and upon any subsequent
conviction, which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but
which may extend to five thousand rupees :
Provided that nothing in this section shall be held to apply
to locomotive engines used for the purpose of traffic upon any
railway or for the repair of roads.
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