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PUBLIC HEALTH (IRELAND) ACT 1878 - SECT 126

Provision in case of two convictions for overcrowding.

126. For the purpose of the provisions of this Act relating to nuisances any
ship or vessel lying in any river, harbour, or other water within the district
of a [district council] shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that [council]
in the same manner as if it were a house within such district; and any ship or
vessel lying in any river, harbour, or other water not within the district of
a [district council] shall be deemed to be within the district of such
[district council] as may have been or may be prescribed by the
Local Government Board, and where no [district council] has been prescribed,
then of the [district council] whose district nearest adjoins the place where
such ship or vessel is lying.

The master or other officer in charge of any such ship or vessel shall be
deemed for the purpose of the said provisions to be the occupier of such ship
or vessel.

This section shall not apply to any ship or vessel under the command or charge
of any officer bearing Her Majesty's commission, or to any ship or vessel
belonging to any foreign government.

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