Section 125B: Touting
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
125B. Touting
(1) No person shall—
(a) make any loud noise or sound by any instrument in order to
attract the attention of the public or potential customers;
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(b) by troublesome or frequent demands, or by persistent following—
(i) hold out the pleasure craft or an exempt pleasure craft for
hire to the public, or attempt to induce any person to
become a passenger in the pleasure craft or an exempt
pleasure craft;
(ii) solicit customers or potential customers in relation to a
tourist enterprise,
in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall commit an offence
and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 2,000 rupees and
not exceeding 20,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.
[S. 125B inserted by s. 39 of Act 3 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 June 2008; s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011
w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]