The Ottoman Penal Code 28 Zilhijeh 1274 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICE KEGULATIONS. Art. 254. (i.) Hotel-keepers and innkeepers, who are compelled to exhibit lamps, under orders given by the police, and who fail to do so; (ii.) Persons who obstruct the public thoroughfare by unnecessarily setting down and leaving anything which obstructs free passage; (iii.) Persons who, having need to place and leave in the streets or public places materials or other things, or to make excavations in public places, for the repair of drains or water-pipes, fail to light them, so that the public may avoid them, and so as to prevent any accident happening; (iv.) Persons contravening the police regulations with respect to highways; or refusing to obey a direction to repair or take down ruinous buildings; or leaving in a highway sweepings or things calculated to produce unhealthy smells; (v.) Persons who negligently throw into the street things likely in falling to injure the passers-by; and (vi.) Persons refusing to obey the regulations of a municipal authority, or of the Government; shall be punished by a fine of from one quarter to five quarters of a silver medjidie. Art. 255. (i.) Persons neglecting to clean or to See Turkish text. repair the chimneys of their workshops, furnaces and factories, where fire is used; (ii.) Persons letting off fireworks in the streets, or other places where they are likely to cause injury; (iii.) Persons firing a gun or pistol in a town, village, or hamlet; shall be punished by a fine of from one to five quarters of a silver medjidie, and imprisonment for from twentyfour hours to three days. Art. 256.--(i.) Hotel-keepers, innkeepers, or lodginghouse keepers, who fail to keep a regular register of every person lodging in their houses, or who fail to submit at...