Environmental Public Health Act(CHAPTER 95)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part II ADMINISTRATION
3 Appointment of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners of Public Health
4 Public health officers and other employees
Part III PUBLIC CLEANSING
Cleaning of Streets
5 Commissioner to cause public streets to be cleansed
6 Duty of owner and occupier to keep clean private streets, etc., abutting on their premises
7 Dustbins in streets
Removal of Refuse
8 Commissioner may apply systems for collection and removal of refuse, etc.
9 Removal of industrial waste, stable refuse, etc.
10 Commissioner may require owner and occupier to provide dustbins and refuse bins, etc.
11 Maintenance of refuse lifts and chutes and chute chambers in buildings
12 Occupier of house to remove refuse
13 Prohibition on use of nightsoil or human excreta as manure
14 Prohibition on use of nightsoil or human excreta for manuring earth in pots, etc.
15 Prohibition of cultivation or use of manure or irrigation which is a nuisance
16 All refuse, etc., collected to be property of Government
Offences in respect of Uncleanliness in Public Places
17 Prohibition against throwing refuse, etc., in any public place
18 Building works constituting danger to life, health, etc.
19 Prohibition against dropping, scattering, etc., certain substances in public place
20 Prohibition against dumping and disposing
21 Notice to attend Court
21A Corrective work order
21B Obligations of person subject to corrective work order
21C Breach of corrective work order
21D Variation and revocation of corrective work order
21E Interpretation
Disposal Facilities
22 Provision of public disposal facilities
23 No disposal facility to be constructed, etc., without licence
Disposal and Treatment of Industrial Waste
24 Prohibition against disposal of industrial waste in unauthorised places
25 Proper storage of industrial waste
26 Notice requiring periodic removal of industrial waste from premises
27 Furnishing of information on industrial waste
28 Industrial waste brought to disposal facility to be recycled or treated
29 Dangerous substance or toxic industrial waste not to be brought to disposal facility without permission
30 Excessive production of toxic industrial waste
31 Licensing of persons carrying on business of collecting, removing, etc., of refuse or waste
Part IV FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, MARKETS AND HAWKERS
32 Food establishments to be licensed
33 Licensing of hawkers operating from stalls, etc.
34 Licensing of itinerant hawkers
35 Commissioner may issue temporary permits
36 Licences for private markets
37 Persons with infectious diseases not to carry on business
38 Unauthorised structures
39 Cleanliness of markets and stalls
40 Articles of food unfit for human consumption
41 Cleanliness of vehicles, equipment, etc.
42 Notice to attend Court
Part V PUBLIC NUISANCES
43 Public nuisances to be abated
44 Nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily
45 Nuisance order
46 Execution of order for demolition
Part VI INSANITARY PREMISES, SANITARY CONVENIENCES, GENERAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS
Insanitary Premises
47 Premises in unwholesome state
48 Destruction of rats, wasps, bees, etc.
49 Closing and demolition, etc., of insanitary dwellings
50 Overcrowding of houses
Sanitary Conveniences, Drains, Sewers and Wells
51 Public toilets
52 Insufficient and defective sanitary conveniences
53 Repairs
54 Sanitary conveniences in work premises or work place
55 Care of sanitary conveniences
56 Inadequate bathroom facilities
57 Construction and maintenance of private drains
58 Drains, etc., to be kept in order at cost of owners
59 Restriction on construction of wells
General Health Requirements for Buildings
60 Buildings to which public has access to be kept clean
61 Commissioner may require employers to provide mess rooms, etc.
62 Appointment of Environmental Control Officer in construction site
Part VII SWIMMING POOLS
63 Licensing of swimming pools
64 Closure of swimming pools
65 Penalty for offence under this Part
66 Application to Government swimming pools
Part VIII FUNERAL PARLOURS, CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA
67 Licensing of funeral parlours, cemeteries and crematoria
68 Corpse of person dying of infectious diseases
69 Corpse not to be retained beyond 48 hours unless encoffined
70 Decomposed corpse
71 Government may provide cemeteries and crematoria
72 Places which may be used for burials, etc.
73 Unlawful burials
74 Power to close cemeteries, etc.
75 Unauthorised structure
76 Exhumation
77 Penalty for offence under this Part
Part IX CONTROL OF PURITY OF WATER SUPPLIES
78 Water intended for human consumption
79 Polluted or unwholesome water
80 Regulations on standard of quality, etc., of water supplied
Part X MISCELLANEOUS
81 Power to enter upon lands for purposes of Act
82 Protection from personal liability
83 Penalty for obstruction
84 Commissioner may act in cases of emergency
85 Damage to property of Government to be made good in addition to penalty
86 Service of summons, notice, etc.
87 Appeal to Minister against notice, order or decision
88 Default in compliance with notice
89 Compensation, damages and costs to be determined by Magistrate’s Court or District Court
90 Exemption of agent who has no funds in hand
91 Recovery of costs and expenses payable by owners
92 Recovery of costs and expenses by instalments
93 Liability of transferor of property in respect of costs and expenses incurred by Commissioner
94 Licences
95 Receipts and notices may be given by officer authorised thereunto
96 Authorised officers may demand names and addresses in certain cases
97 Power of investigating offences under sections 20 and 23
98 Furnishing of information required by Commissioner
99 Powers of arrest
100 Prosecution
101 Saving of prosecutions under other laws
102 Limitation of liability to fines and penalties
103 General penalties
104 Composition of offences
105 Authorised public officers, etc., to exercise certain powers under Act
106 Private persons who may be authorised to exercise certain powers of Commissioner
107 Inaccuracies in documents
108 Jurisdiction of District and Magistrate’s Courts
109 Evidence
110 Forms
111 Amendment of Schedules
112 Exemption
113 Regulations
Legislative History
Comparative Table