Content Page: Model Building By Laws

  • Requirement For Swimming-Baths

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    (1) Any person who constructs a swimming bath, to which the public or any class or section of the public are to have access, shall comply with the following requirements— a) A hand-hold shall be provided at water-level all around such swimming-bath; b) The depth of water shall be not less than 1 meter at…

  • Temporary Grandstands And Similar Structures

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    (1) No person shall erect a temporary platform, seat, grandstand or other structure for the accommodation of persons attending a meeting service, procession or entertainment of any description whatsoever without a permit first had and obtained from the local authority. (2) The application for such permit shall be in writing and signed by the person…

  • Precautions For Chutes

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    A builder or plumber using a chute which projects over a street or public place shall comply with the following requirements— a) The vertical height of the chute shall not exceed 6 meters, and the inclination to the horizontal shall not exceed 45 degrees; b) The chute shall be entirely enclosed, except at the inlet…

  • General Precautions For Lifting Work

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    (1) No load shall be lifted, lowered or conveyed over a street or other public place by means of a crane or other lifting-gear without the written permission of the local authority. (2) Application for such permission shall be made to the local authority on the form supplied by the local authority for that purpose.…

  • Hoardings

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    Hoardings used in connexion with building work shall comply with the following requirements— a) Except as specified otherwise in this section, they shall be not less than 2 meters and not more than 3 meters in height; b) The hoardings shall be constructed of boarding or sheeting fixed to a framework, so that no gaps…

  • Covered Walkways

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    (1) Where building work involving the erection or demolition of a building is done within 3 metres form the boundary of any street or public place, covered wall ways shall be erected along the entire boundary of such street or public place affected by such work, unless written exemption is obtained from the local authority.…

  • Precautions During Demolition Operations

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    (1) Where building work involves the demolition of a building, the site of such work shall be enclosed by means of railings, hoardings, cladded scaffolding or covered walkways (hereinafter referred to as “protective structures”) along every boundary between such site and any street or public place: Provided that, if the building to be demolished is…

  • Storage Of Materials

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    Materials or equipment kept or stored on covered walkways, scaffolds or similar working-platforms shall not impose a load on any part thereof which exceeds its safe carrying capacity, and, where these are kept or stored within a building, they shall not cause overloading within the meaning of Chapters 2 and 3.

  • Watchman : When Required

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    If the public are prevented, by reason of anything done or being done in connexion with building work, from seeing vehicles about to emerge form the site of such work into a street or public place, a watchman shall be employed, to warn the public of the impending emergence of such vehicles at each point…

  • Warning Signs And Warning Lights

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    The portion of any such street or public place, as is referred to in section 17, and any openings or obstructions which might be a source of danger to the public shall be indicated by red lights, which shall be kept alight from sunset until sunrise, placed so as to be clearly visible from all…