Penalty

00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. The Market shall not be opened on Sundays and on any public holidays, provided that in any special circumstances the above hours may be altered at the request of the stall holders, provided however that such stall holders shall pay a fee equal to the hourly rate of pay of the Market Keeper or part of an hour to the Market Keeper during such times as he is engaged or that the Market is kept open for that purpose. (8) On Christmas Day, Good Friday, 10th September and 21st September in every year the Market shall be closed for all purposes whatsoever. (9) No livestock except poultry shall be brought into the (10) No person shall expose for sale, offer for sale, sell or have in his or her possession in the Market any bad or unwholesome meat, fish, fruit, vegetable or other product or commodity which is normally used for human consumption. (11) No dogs shall be brought into the Market. If any dog is found the owner thereof shall be deemed to have committed an offence against these By-Laws. (12) No rubbish or refuse shall be thrown or deposited in the Market elsewhere than in receptacles provided by the Corporation. Belmopan City Council 17 (13) Any lessee or stall holder soiling the Market shall immediately thereafter thoroughly wash and clean the part so soiled. (14) No quarrelsome or riotous conduct, swearing, obscene language, indecency or impropriety of any kind shall be committed or used in the Market. (15) The Market Keeper shall not directly or indirectly without the written permission of the Corporation be concerned in the buying (except for his own use or that of his household) or selling of any article exposed for sale in the Market. The Market Keeper shall attend at the Market as required by the Corporation and be responsible for the maintenance of order and the general management of the same. (16) No person shall loiter about, sit or lie on any of the stalls in or about the Market and any person so doing besides rendering himself liable to the penalty provided by this by-law may be ejected by the Market Keeper or any member of the police force. (17) No stall-holder or person in the employ of a stall-holder either directly or indirectly at any place within the Market beyond the limits of his or his employer’s stall shall solicit any person to make any purchase. (18) Any vendor in the Market who retails any article by weight shall himself supply the necessary scales and weights of a type approved by the appropriate authority and he shall keep all such scales and weights and other appliances used by him free from rust and verdigris and in a thoroughly clean condition to the satisfaction of the Market Keeper. (19) Every article retailed by weight shall be properly weighed and in case of dispute in respect of weight, the vendor shall, if required so to do by the purchaser or intended purchaser cause the article about which the dispute arises to be weighed in the presence of the Market Keeper. 18 Belmopan City Council (20) No vendor or his assistant shall have in his possession or under his control in the Market any false or inaccurate weighing machine, scale or weight. (21) No person shall sell or deliver any article in the Market of less weight, measure or number than has been bargained for. (22) No person shall by any contrivance or device or in any manner whatever, tamper with any scale balance beam or weight in the Market whether such scale beam or weight be the property of, or in the possession of or under the control of such person or not. (23) Any person who engages himself in the Market as a butcher or seller of beef, pork, mutton or meat, or as an assistant or servant to any such butcher or seller shall at all times while engaged in the Market– (a) be decently and neatly dressed and shall besides wear a clean white overall and cap; and (b) be in possession of a valid health certificate issued by the appropriate health authority in conformity with the Public Health Act. (24) The Market Keeper may at any time require any seller of the flesh of any animal to produce a valid Health Certificate and any such seller who fails or refuses to produce a valid Health Certificate when so required commits an offence against this by- law.