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the provisions of any law, including any by-law, in force in Mainland Tanzania: Provided further that for the purposes of paragraph (e) of this section, the definition "public place" in section 5 of this Code shall not be deemed to include any recognised place of religious worship. 177A. Failure to account for money collected by public subscription Subject to the provisions of any other law, including any by-law, any person, whether or not he has received any written consent referred to in the first proviso to section 177, or has been authorised as in paragraph (a) or (b) of that proviso who, having collected or procured to be collected money by subscription in Mainland Tanzania fails, if and when required so to do by District Commissioner, or in the case of an urban authority by the police officer in-charge of the Police in that authority, either to produce to the District Commissioner or the police officer, or to publish in a newspaper designated by the District Commissioner or the police officer, as he may be required, full and correct accounts of any money received by subscription and of its disposal, shall be guilty of an offence and liable for the first offence to imprisonment for two years and for every subsequent offence, to imprisonment for three years. 178. offences relating to uniforms (1) Any person who, not being a person serving in the Defence Forces of the United Republic or in any police force established by law, wears without the permission of the President the uniform of any of those forces or any attire having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of such uniform or attire is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for one month or to a fine of two hundred shillings: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any person from wearing any uniform or attire in the course of a stage play performed in any place in which stage plays may lawfully be publicly performed, or in the course of a music hall or circus performance, or in the course of any bona fide military representation. (2) Any person who unlawfully wears the uniform or attire of any of the forces referred to in subsection (1), or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of the uniform, in such a manner or in such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt on that uniform, or employs any other person so to wear the uniform or dress, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for three months or to a fine of four hundred shillings: (3) Any person who, not being in the service of the United Republic or not having previously received the written permission of the Inspector-General or Police so to do, imports or sells or has in his possession for sale any uniform or the buttons or badges appropriate to it, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for six months or to a fine of two thousand shillings. Forfeiture of uniform, etc., on conviction
(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the uniform, attire, button, badge or other thing in respect of which the offence was committed shall be forfeited unless the court orders otherwise. 179. Negligent act likely to spread infection A person who unlawfully or negligently does any act which is and which he knows or has reason to believe to be likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life is guilty of an offence. 180. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale Any person who adulterates any article of food or drink, so as to make the article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell the article as food or drink, knowing it to be likely that it will be sold as food or drink, is guilty of an offence. 181. Sale of noxious food or drink Any person who sells, or offers or exposes for sale, as food or drink, any article which has been rendered or has become noxious, or is in a state unfit for food or drink, knowing or having reason to believe that it is noxious as food or drink, is guilty of an offence. 182. Adulteration of drugs Any person who adulterates any drug or medical preparation in such a manner as to lessen the efficacy or change the operation of the drug or medical preparation, or to make it noxious, intending that is shall be sold or used for any medicinal purpose, as if it had not undergone adulteration, is guilty of an offence. 183. Sale of adulterated drugs Any person who, knowing any drug or medical preparation to have been adulterated in such a manner as to lessen its efficacy, to change its operation, or to render it noxious, sells it or offers or exposes it for sale, or issues it from any dispensary for medicinal purposes as unadulterated, or causes it to be used for medicinal purposes by any person not knowing of the adulteration, is guilty of an offence. 184. Fouling water Any person who voluntarily corrupts or fouls the water of any public spring or reservoir, so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily used, is guilty of an offence. 185. Fouling air Any person who voluntarily vitiates the atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to the health of persons in general dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a public way, is guilty of an offence.
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