BELIZE BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ACT CHAPTER 85 REVISED EDITION 2003 SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003 This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000. ARRANGEMENT OF SUBSIDIARY LAWS BELIZE BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ACT CHAPTER 85 REVISED EDITION 2003 SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003 This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000. This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page 1. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ACT (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 5 2. BELIZE CITY (DEFINITION OF BOUNDARIES) ORDER 7 3. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS 10 Belize City Council [CAP. 85 3 Page 4. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (MARKING OF VOTERS) REGULATIONS 113 5. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (STANDING RULES AND ORDERS) REGULATIONS 115 6. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (ACCOUNTING) REGULATIONS 126 7. BELIZE CITY (INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS) REGULATIONS 141 8. BELIZE CITY (INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS) (PRESCRIBED QUANTITY) REGULATIONS 169 9. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (PUBLIC BRIDGES) REGULATIONS 171 10. BELIZE CITY (COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE) BY-LAWS 174 11. BELIZE CITY BY-LAWS 181 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. 4 CAP. 85] Belize City Council Page 12. BELIZE CITY (PUBLIC WATER CLOSETS AND LATRINES) BY-LAWS 227 13. BELIZE CITY (SEAWALLS) BY-LAWS 229 14. BELIZE CITY (BILLBOARDS AND BANNERS) (FEES) BY-LAWS 231 15. BELIZE CITY (PARK) BY-LAWS 237 16. BELIZE CITY (LITTERING OFFENCES) (VIOLATION TICKETS) BY-LAWS 241 17. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (BELLA VISTA ZONING) BY-LAWS 249 ____________ THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. Belize City Council [CAP. 85 5 CHAPTER 85 BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ACT (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER 1. Short title. 2. Commencement of Chapter 85. ____________ THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. 6 CAP. 85] Belize City Council CHAPTER 85 14 of 1999. BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ACT (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER Act 1 of 1999. (Section 62) [18th February, 1999.] Short 1. This Order may be cited as the BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ACT (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER. Commencement 2. In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 62 of the of Chapter 85. Belize City Council Act and all other powers thereunto me enabling, I, FLORENCIO MARIN, Minister of Sugar Industry, Local Government and Latin American Affairs, do hereby appoint the 17th day of February, 1999 as the day on which the said Act shall come into force. MADE this 17th day of February, 1999. (FLORENCIO MARIN) Minister of Sugar Industry Local Government and Latin American Affairs ____________ THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. Belize City Council [CAP. 85 7 CHAPTER 85 BELIZE CITY (DEFINITION OF BOUNDARIES) ORDER ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER 1. Short title. 2. Boundaries of Belize City. 3. Repeal of S.I. 33 of 1983. ________________________ Schedule ________________________ THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. 8 CAP. 85] Belize City Council CHAPTER 85 24 of 1993. BELIZE CITY (DEFINITION OF BOUNDARIES) ORDER Ch. 66. (Section 2) [8th February, 1993.] Short title. 1. This Order may be cited as the BELIZE CITY (DEFINITION OF BOUNDARIES) ORDER. Boundaries of 2. It is hereby declared that the area shown in the Schedule hereto shall Belize City. constitute the boundaries of Belize City. Schedule. Repeal of S.I. 33 3. The Belize City Council (Alteration of Boundaries) Order, 1983, is of 1983. hereby repealed. MADE by the Minister of Local Government this 3rd day of February, 1993. (VALDEMAR CASTILLO) Minister of Public Service, Labour and Local Government ____________ THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. Belize City Council [CAP. 85 9 SCHEDULE ALL AND SINGULAR those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Belize District and being in-the new boundary of the City of Belize which supersedes the previous boundary referred to in Statutory Instrument No. 33 of 1983 and being more particularly described as follows:- Commencing at the Fort George Light-House; thence in a South Westerly direction for a distance of 2,970 feet more or less across the mouth of the Haulover Creek on to a point being the most North Easterly point on Bird’s Isle; thence for a distance of 990 feet more or less, along the Southern coast of the said Bird’s Isle on to the most North Easterly point of a parcel of land known now or formerly as New Brighton; thence on a Westerly direction along the sea coast for a distance of 3 1,100 feet more or less to the mouth of the Sibun Canal; thence due West along the Sibun Canal for a distance of 6,270 feet more or less to its junction with the Burdon Canal; thence in a North Easterly direction along the said Burdon Canal for a distance of 27,225 feet more or less to its junction with the Haulover Creek; thence in a North Westerly direction along the said Haulover Creek for a distance of 18,150 feet more or less to its junction with the Belize river; thence in an Easterly direction and down stream along the Belize River for a distance of 990 feet more or less to the sea coast; thence in an Easterly and Southerly direction along the sea coast for a distance of 28,462 feet more or less to the point of commencement. ____________ THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. 10 CAP. 85] Belize City Council CHAPTER 85 BELIZE CITY COUNCIL (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. PART I COMPILATION OF REGISTER OF NATIONALS 3. Register of nationals. 4. Manner of preparing register of nationals. 5. Right to vote. PART II COMPILATION OF REGISTER OF ALIENS 6. The provisions of Part II applicable to aliens only. 7. Production of proof in support of claim for registration. 8. Registering Officer may refuse registration. 9. Manner of registration. 10. More information from applicant. 11. Registration Record Card. 12. Identification card. 13. Name Index card. 14. Applicant to sign record cards. 15. Certificate as to registration. 16. Photograph of the elector. 17. Chief Elections Officer to return documents to Registering Officer. 18. Filing of registration record cards in Council register. 19. Filing of cards in alien central register. THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. Belize City Council [CAP. 85 11 20. Register of aliens. 21. Claims and objections to insertion of names on register of electors. PART III REVISING COURT 22. Application, objections and appeals. 23. Annual court to revise register. 24. Powers of Court. 25. Court to determine application, etc. 26. Costs. 27. Evidence of opinion of Court. 28. Recording of names in register. 29. Transmission of registers to Chief Elections Officer. 30. Delivery of identification card. 31. Who may appeal and procedure on appeal. 32. Person aggrieved may apply for Order calling on Revising Officer to show cause. 33. Power to Supreme Court. 34. Decision of Supreme Court to be final. 35. Order expunging name. PART VI GENERAL PROVISIONS 36. Correction of minor errors. 37. Correction of errors in names and dates of birth. 38. Replacement of lost, inaccurate, etc., identification cards. 39. Partial or total loss of registration record card. 40. Substitution of identification cards. 41. Seeking registration more than once. 42. Inspection of documents. 43. No misnomer to prejudice decision. 44. Effect of non-publication. THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of []the Government of Belize. 12 CAP. 85] Belize City Council 45. Registers to be kept accessible for perusal. PART V HOLDING OF ELECTIONS 46. Publication of notice of Elections. 47. Copies of Register of Electors to be obtained. 48. Mode of nomination of candidates. 49. Objection to nomination. 50. Insufficient nomination. 51. Nomination in excess of vacancies. Deposit by candidates. 52. Withdrawal of candidate. 53. Clerk at polling station and counting clerks. 54. Appointment of additional polling stations and presiding officers if necessary. 55. Conduct of election. 56. Time of voting. 57. Ballot Box. 58. Supplies of election materials. 59. Polling agents and counting agents. 60. Who are to be admitted within the polling station. 61. Non-attendance of candidates not to invalidate acts. 62. Order at polling station. 63. Directions of guidance of electors. 64. Taking of poll and the ballot. 65. Printing, publishing, etc., of prescribed forms prohibited. 66. Presiding Officer to provide ballot boxes, etc. 67. Assistance to voters. 68. Proceedings at poll. 69. Presiding Officer to receive votes.