Environmental Public Health Act 1987 - Singapore Statutes Online

Prohibition against throwing refuse, etc., in any public place

17.—(1) A person must not —

(a)	deposit, drop, place or throw any dust, dirt, paper, ash, carcase, refuse, box, barrel, bale or any other article or thing in any public place, except in a dustbin or other receptacle provided for the deposit of refuse and rubbish;
(b)	keep or leave any article or thing in any place where it or particles therefrom have passed or are likely to pass into any public place, except in a dustbin or other receptacle provided for the deposit of refuse and rubbish;
(c)	dry any article of food or any other article or thing in any public place;
(d)	place, scatter, spill or throw any blood, brine, noxious liquid, swill or any other offensive or filthy matter of any kind in such manner as to run or fall into any public place;
(e)	beat, clean, shake, sieve or otherwise agitate any ash, hair, feathers, lime, sand, waste paper or other substance in such manner that it is carried or likely to be carried by the wind to any public place;
(f)	throw or leave behind any bottle, can, food container, food wrapper, glass, particles of food or any other article or thing in any public place, except in a dustbin or other receptacle provided for the deposit of refuse and rubbish;
(g)	spit any substance or expel mucus from the nose upon or onto any street or any public place, except in a dustbin or other receptacle provided for the deposit of refuse and rubbish; or
(h)	discard or abandon in any public place any motor vehicle whose registration has been cancelled under section 27 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, any furniture or any other bulky article. [48/2018]

(2) A person must not drop, deposit or throw any refuse or any other matter or thing in any channel, drain, lake, reservoir, river, stream or watercourse or upon the bank of any of the same or in any part of the sea abutting on the foreshore.

(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Where the driver or a passenger of a motor vehicle is alleged or suspected to be guilty of an offence under this section —

(a)	the owner of the motor vehicle must give any information that he or she may be required to give by a police officer or an authorised officer as to the identity and address of the person who, at or about the time of the alleged offence, was the driver or a passenger of the motor vehicle; and
(b)	any other person who was or should have been in charge or in control of the motor vehicle at or about the time of the alleged offence must (if so required) give any information which it is in that person’s power to give and which may lead to the identification of the driver and passengers. [15/2014]

(5) Where an offence under this section is alleged or suspected to be in connection with throwing, dropping or scattering of refuse or any other matter or thing from a flat used for residential purpose (including a flat which is leased for residential purpose) —

(a)	any owner of that flat must give any information that the owner may be required to give by a police officer or an authorised officer as to the identity of every person who, at or about the time of the alleged offence, was an occupier of that flat; and
(b)	any occupier of that flat at or about the time of the alleged offence, or any owner of that flat in the case where that flat was unoccupied at or about that time, must (if so required) give any information which it is in the occupier’s or owner’s power to give and which may lead to the identification of the alleged offender. [15/2014]

(6) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (4) or (5) within 14 days after the date on which the information was required from the person shall be guilty of an offence.

[15/2014]

(7) A person is not excused from giving any information required of the person by subsection (4) or (5) on the ground that the disclosure of the information might tend to incriminate the person.

[15/2014]

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