Section 183 - Public nuisance defined.

(I) A person is guilty of a public nuisance who does an act or is guilty of an illegal omission which causes a 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 came injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to persons who may have occasion to use a public right.

(2) Where premises on which a public nuisance has occurred are occupied by two or more persons in common each of those persons shall be liable to conviction on account of the nuisance in the absence of sufficient evidence that he has not been guilty of the offence.

Explanation

A public nuisance does not cease to be an offence because it causes some convenience or advantage.

Explanation

Whether an act or omission is a public nuisance is a matter of fact, which may depend on the character of the neighbourhood.

Illustration

A powerful steam whistle sounded at intervals during the day, which might be a public nuisance in a residential quarter, may not be a public nuisance in a manufacturing quarter.