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Penal Code · Updated to 4 Jul 2023 · Chapter XIV · Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
268. Public nuisance
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A person is guilty of a public nuisance, who does any act, or is guilty of an illegal omission, which causes any common injury, danger, or annoyance to the public, or to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, or which must necessarily cause injury, obstruction, danger, or annoyance to persons who may have occasion to use any public right.
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A common nuisance is not excused on the ground that it causes some convenience or advantage.