§ 54-2. Nets required for high acts.

(a) Prohibited conduct.

No agent, owner, or lessee of any house of public amusement, or any agent, owner, or lessee of any show, circus, or public exhibition of any kind whatsoever, shall suffer or permit any person whomsoever to do or perform those acts in which feats of strength and skill are exhibited by the performer from apparatus suspended at an extraordinary elevation above the stage, without first providing a network of such character and materials as in the event of any miscalculation on the part of the performer or performers, will be the means of saving him, her or them from accident or injury.

(b) Penalties.

Any agent, owner, or lessee of any house of public amusement, or any agent, owner, or lessee of any show, circus, or public exhibition of any kind whatsoever, offending against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a fine of $50 for every time such offense may be committed in his, her, or their house or place of public amusement, to be recovered as other fines are recoverable.