Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Offences Against Public Order and Nuisance
6. Burning material or discharging firearm in public road
Feedback & supportAny person who sets fire to or burns any material to the annoyance, inconvenience or danger of the public, or negligently or wilfully discharges any firearm or airgun, or throws or discharges any stone or other missile, or sends up any fire balloon or rocket in or near any public road shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
in or near any public road
“in or near any public road” includes all places in the public road, and all places within 9 metres of it not being effectually separated from and hidden from the road by a wall or otherwise;
It is not an offence under subsection (1) for any person to discharge a firearm or airgun in or near a public road in the exercise of the person’s duty under any written law relating to the destruction of dogs.
public road
“public road” includes every road, street, passage, footway or square over which the public has a right of way.