S.L. 10.11 Art. 27Internal yard.

(1) Any internal yard of a house shall be not less than five point five square metres in area when the building consists of a ground and a first floor, and no side of such yard may be less than one point eight metres in length, and the open space in front of any opening which serves for the lighting of a room over five point five square metres in area shall be not less than three metres in width.

(2) For each additional floor above the first floor, the area of such internal yard shall be increased in such a manner that sufficient light and air shall reach all parts of the house giving into the yard and so that the width of the open space in front of any opening which serves for the lighting of a room over five point five square metres in area shall be not less than three metres plus one third of the height of any such additional floor or floors.

(3) The Superintendent of Public Health may in special cases allow exceptions to the above rule.