The WLCCapeTown is concerned that proposed amendments to the City of Cape Town's Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Noise Nuisances by-laws may just be a way of keeping 'unsavoury' people out of affluent areas.
Cape Town - The Women's Legal Centre has submitted an 18-page document in which it details its objections to the City of Cape Town's controversial draft amendment to the Streets, Public Places and the Prevention of Noise Nuisances by-law.
The by-law relates to the management of public places, noise levels and other incidental matters on all properties within Cape Town, and specifically section 22 of the by-law, which guides the City’s actions on transgressions and the recovery of costs where applicable. The centre has slammed parts of the amendment, which if passed could allow for law enforcement officials to enter residential homes without a warrant and demand that inhabitants leave the residence because they are contravening noise by-laws as "non-sensical".a law enforcement official with the powers to effectively effect an eviction from a private dwelling for contravening a By-law is a harsh procedural consequence of the By-law and in many ways non-sensical," the centre says.
from ordering “unsavoury” persons to leave a particular “affluent” area should they be viewed as contravening the by-law. So instead of Law Enforcement only being able to fine homeless persons who are “loitering” on the streets they are now able to lawfully order persons to leave certain areas and not return to such areas," the centre said.
"They want the power to arrest without a warrant, enter any private property without a warrant, seize any property without a warrant, including your home, and if you want it back you must pay a recovery cost."
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