{"id":63132,"date":"2022-04-22T16:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/more-bylaw-policing-now-20220420-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:22:08","slug":"more-bylaw-policing-now-20220420-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/more-bylaw-policing-now-20220420-2\/","title":{"rendered":"More bylaw policing now?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Drakenstein Municipality has several bylaws in place, but very few of them are actually policed. They are governed by amended Section 156 (2) of the Constitution and Section 13 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deployment of surveillance drones and the impending advent of a Municipal Court have raised questions about more proactive enforcement of bylaws. The following are a few in force within the municipal area:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Street, door-to-door collections and distribution of handbills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19. (1) No person shall \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) collect or attempt to collect money in a street or public place or organise or in any way assist in the organisation of such collection, except with the written permission of the municipality and subject to such conditions as may be determined by the municipality; (b) collect from door-to-door, beg or solicit or accept alms, except with the written permission of the municipality; (c) distribute a handbill or similar advertising material or cause it to be distributed in any street or public place, or place any handbill or similar advertising material or cause it to be placed on or in any vehicle without prior permission of the municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Processions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) no person shall hold, organise, initiate, control or actively participate in a procession or gathering in a street or public place, or dance or sing or play a musical instrument, or do anything which is likely to cause a gathering of persons or the disruption or obstruction of traffic in such street or public place, or shall use any loudspeaker or other device for the reproduction or amplification of sound without the written permission of the municipality in terms of subsections(2) and (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roller-skating and skating on skateboards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23. No person shall, except with the prior written permission of the municipality, skate on roller-skates or a skateboard or a similar device in or on a street or public place or in or upon an area where skating is prohibited by an applicable road traffic sign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persons to be decently clad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24. No person shall appear in any street or public place without being clothed in such a manner as decency demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overflow of water into streets and public places<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25. No person shall cause or allow any water other than rain water to flow into a street or public place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behaviour in streets and public places<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26. No person shall \u2013 (a) cause a nuisance to other persons by loitering, standing, sitting or lying or begging; (b) sleep, overnight or erect any shelter; (c) wash or dry clothes, blankets or any other domestic articles; (d) use abusive, insulting, obscene, threatening or blasphemous language; (e) fight or act in a riotous manner; (f) discharge a firearm, airgun or air pistol; (g) annoy or inconvenience any other person by yelling, shouting or making any noise in any manner whatsoever; (h) defecate, urinate or wash himself; (i) solicit or importune any person for the purpose of prostitution or immorality; (j) engage in gambling; (k) use intoxicating liquor or drugs; (l) spit; in a street or public place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Animals in a street or public place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27. 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