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Public Health.

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1931 CHAPTER 145.

PUBLIC HEALTH.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

SECTION.

1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

PART !.-CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

Board of Health.

3.

Constitution of 4.

Appointment 5.

(1) Board to be a body corporate.

of secretary.

Central (5)Rules.

6.

Duties of the Board.

7.

Power of Board when local sanitary 8.

Appointment 9.

Board may call upon any local sanitary authority to investigate of officers of Board.

authority duty.

neglects diseases.


special 10.Access to reports, 11.Funds.

12.Regulations.

etc.

books, plans, PART II.-LOCAL SANITARY DISTRICTS 13.Local sanitary 14.Powers, 15.

Duties 16.Local sanitary districts, and duties of a Medical functions authorities Officer of Health.

and local sanitary AND AUTHORITIBS.

authorities .. thereof authorities.

of local sanitary to appoint officers.

Board may assume control.

17.Discontinuance of control 18.Powers of urban sanitary by Board.
authority to make regulations.

PART III.-NOTIFIABLE EPIDEloITC AND ENDEMIC INFECTIOUS, DISEASES.

19.

(1) Definition (3)Definition disease.

of infectious of infected area.

for treatment governing 20.Hospitals 21.Regulations 22.

(1) Notification disease.

of infectious quarantinable diseases.

disease.

of infectious (a)By head of family or relative (b)By certificate of medical or occupier.

practitioner.

and fees of medical practitioner.


to cause premises to be cleansed 23.Forms of certificates 24.Powers of entry and inspection.

authority 25.Duty of local sanitary and disinfected.

etc.

bedding, 26.Disinfection 27.Destruction 28.Removal of infected of bedding, of infected persons without etc.

order of justice etc.

29.Temporary 30.Exposure persons.

31.Infected things.

shelter, of infected Contact of the peace.

with body of person dying of infectious disease.


proper lodging to hospital by 1934 Cap.

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Markets and Slaughter-houses.

SEOTION.

105.Sanitary 106.Animals control.

to be slaughtered distance.

107.Regulations.

in slaughter-house if within reasonable Verminous Premises, etc.

108.

(1) Infested premises.

(3)Appeal.

109.

(1) On person applying local sanitary on report authority may disinfest.
from Medical Officer of Health authority (2)Local sanitary may disinfest of person person.

under 16. of females.

stations.

(3)Consent (4)Cleansing 110.

(1) Cleansing (2)Combining 111.Regulations.

by two or more local sanitary authorities.

PART IX.-THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS, SCAVENGING AND CLEANSING.

112.Owner or occupier 113.Power of local sanitary etc., 114.

(1) Disposal of refuse, (3)Removal of filth, etc.

to keep premises free from refuse; etc.


authori ty to provide by local sanitary for removal authority.

of refuse.

115.Throwing of dead animal 116.Provision 117.Regulations.

118.Regulations.

into street, of public lavatories, etc., etc.

by local sanitary authority.

PART X.-SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.

control 119.Sanitary control of sewerage of drainage 120.Sanitary 121.Buildings to be provided with sufficient to drain lots.

122.Obligations to drain lok 123.Notice 124.Regulations.
of owner or occupier by local sanitary works.

works.

authority drains.

PART XL-WATER SUPPLY.

control 125.Sanitary 126.Prescribed 127.Failure 128.Notice 129.Erection 130.

(1) Use by local sanitary of water supply.

of rain water.

quantities tanks.

to erect and maintain tanks.

to erect and maintain and maintenance water for tank.

(6)Penalty for obstructing officer.

131.Persons fouling, water.

taining wasting or damaging water or receptacles for con­ 132.Penalty 133.

(1) Prohibition authority.


for polluting water supplies.

of use of contaminated water supply by local sanitary (3)Definition of tank.

134.Regulations.

of tanks by local sanitary authority of roof of building authority.

to collect Public Health.

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1935 PART XII.-HousrnG AND DISTRICT PLANNING.

Land laid out for buil,ding purposes.

SECTION.

135.

(1) Procedure (7)Appeal.

by owner of land.

136.

(1) Erection of building.

(5)Appeal.


137.Conversion of structure 138.Ruinous and dangerous of buildings.

139.Proximity schemes.

140.

(1) Planning (4)Regulations: planning schemes.

into a dwelling-house.

buildings to be taken down or made secure.

141.Regulations: 142.Regulations: buildings.

tenement.

PART XIIL-TRADES Milk.

AND INDUSTRIES.

of sale of tuberculous 143.Prohibition 144.Regulations: 145.Regulations: trades 146.Regulations: 147.Regulations: hucksters mining districts.
and industries.

and hawkers.

milk, etc.

milk.

PART XIV.-MISCELLANEOUS.

etc.

of work.

in Council.

orders and other documents.

of notices, 148.

Powers of entry.

149.

(1) Notices, (2)Delivery 150.Appeal to Governor 151.Continuing offence in respect 152.Persons guilty of offences under this Ordinance.

153.Legal proceedings.

154.Joint owner or occupier.

155.

Mode of recovery 156.Penalty and costs.

157.

Regulations 158.

Bribery 159.


Protection 160.Ordinance 161.Protection 162.Power to Governor of person acting under the Ordinance.

shall apply to buildings, etc.

tents, of rights of Amerindians.

in Council of cost or expense.

and corruption.

to be approved to restrict vessels, scope of Ordinance.

and to take effect on publication.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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Public Health.

CHAPTER 145.

PUBLIC HEALTH.

15 of 1934.

17 of1938.

19 of 1944.

29 of 1947.


Order 49 of 1953.

An Ordinance to make provision for promoting the Public Health of the Colony.

[1ST NOVEMBER, 1934.]

Short title.

1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Ordinance.

Interpre­ tation.
the context otherwise requires­ 2.In this Ordinance unless bird; " animal" includes any house, " building " includes or other out-house, or part thereof whether permanent or temporary; kitchen, being part of any premises, garage storeroom, " Board " means the Central Board of Health constituted under this Ordinance; " burial " means the burial in earth, or the cremation form of sepulture dispo�al of a dead body, and meamng; " buried or any other interment or any other mode of " has a corresponding or his excretions disease when used with reference having in his nose or throat the germ of any infectious no other signs or symptom of that disease; "carrier" means a person or discharges may exhibit " cattle-b "contact" when used with reference to infectious yr e" includes to any disease means from within a period which does not exceed the to the risk of infection a person who has been exposed such disease period prescribed " cow " and " cattle of incubation of that disease; cattle-pen; " include disease, though he goat and goats respectively of the sale of with the regulation where used in connection milk; "dairy" includes any farm, farm-house, milk-store, or other place from which milk is supplied milk­ shop, milk-shed, for sale or in which milk is kept for purposes bution for sale or manufactured milk, or condensed milk for sale; into butter, of sale or distri­ cheese, dried " includes in charge in the handling " dairyman occupier or person ever engaged a dairy is owned by a corporation actually any purveyor of a dairy, of milk, or seller or any person whatso­ of milk, and in cases where or company the person such dairy; managing Public Health.
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1937 "day" means the period between six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock " day nursery in the evening; " means a creche under school and children infants for during person she is absent having the charge at work; the day, with the approval and includes a place where age may be kept and cared or other of the mother, as such period of such child during " disinfecting and cleansing include " respectively oiling, disinfect­ lime-washing ing, disinfesting, fumigating, and all other measures from time to time prescribed purpose noxious other vermin; " district for the germs, rats, mice, or of destroying spraying, insects, " means the area which is under the jurisdiction of a local sanitary authority; " means any premises of which mechanical " factory or curtilage work any machinery, wherein or within labour gain, and to or over which premises, employer therein access and any premises, of which, the close or curtilage of the persons is exercised or control; working of room, or place the has the right of any manual by way of trade or for the purposes wherein, power is used to move or or within the close room, or place, '' fresh meat" includes chilled and frozen meat, and fresh and frozen fish; " includes and asylum, nursing whether " hospital sanatorium, premises permanently or vessel or temporarily applied home, home, convalescent or private public of patients for that purpose; and any whether for the reception " latrine " includes pail-closet, privy, cesspool, urinal, earth-closet, a water-closet, together and the fittings for the reception with the structure comprising and any place other than of human excreta such latrine or urine, receptacle pit-pri vy , pit-latrine, therewith; and apparatus connected constituted under "means a local authority " local authority the Local Government Ordinance; Cap.
150, of land laid out as a lot or part assessed by any local authority or which may under any constituted for taxation, " lot " means any portion and separately thereof be so assessed, Ordinance; " medical medical practitioner according practitioner " means a person registered as a to the laws of the Colony; a district means and includes consti- "mining district" 4 of the Mining Ordinance; Cap.

196. tuted under section B.G.-VoL.

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Public H oolth.

Order 49 of 1953. "
Minister " means the Minister charged by the Governor with the responsibility for the Medical Department; "nursing " occupier " means, in the case of a building home" includes a maternity home; or lot or part of or having or lot, the person in occupation or control or lot and in the case of a tenement by the tenants of a building the charge, management or of part of the building includes or lodgers, another or other person in charge thereof; either on his own account person, and in the case of a vessel, the person receiving or lot of the building the rent payable means the master or as the agent of " officer " means an officer of the Board, or local sanitary authority, as the case may be; either whether agent, or personal " owner " includes any person in possession of or in the of the whole or of any part of the rents or or as on his own account as husband or representative, receipt profits of any premises trustee, guardian of any other person or on behalf or corporation or who would so receive premises occupation of such premises other than as a tenant from year to year or for any less term, or as a tenant at will; lands, messuages public or private, of any committee the same if such were let, or the person in the or part thereof or any main­ " includes " premises part thereof, whether tained boats, hulks, or not under statutory barges, tents, " means rent which is not less than two-thirds vessels, structures; authority, vans, sheds, "rack-rent and buildings and whether and all ships, or similar of the rent at which the property expected to let; might reasonably be "regulations" means any regulations made under the authority of this Ordinance; " school instruction " means any premises which are used for the or education of ten or more children; " suffering from an infectious disease," infection," " expose to infection," "dangerous so suffering, dangerous of health; to health," and "infected" so liable to retain, or so infected so exposed, "liable "injurious to retain to health," mean respectively so so injurious, in the opinion of a medical officer " surplus water " includes all storm or waste water what­ soever; " tenement " includes into rooms occupied any building singly or collection of buildings of or in sets by persons divided Public Health.
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1939 accommodation at any provided factory housing the poorer class, or plantation, estate whether thereat, of persons or common water-closets being a separate family; or other place for the lodging or not there is a common yard and not by one or conveniences, continuously dwelling-house occupied or latrines " includes and industries in the third schedule " trades specified may from time to time be added to the schedule of the Board and published " includes "trade premises place; in the Gazette; factory, any trade or industry to this Ordinance or which work-shop and work­ by resolution Third schedule.
"vermin" in its application to insects and parasites includes their eggs, larvre and pupre, and the expression shall be construed accordingly; " verminous " "water-closet connected apparatus therewith.

"includes" septic tank," and the fittings and PART !.-CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

3.

(1) There shall be established a Board to be styled "The Central Board of Health."

(2)The Board shall consist of the Director of Medical Constitution of Central Board of Health.
Services Order 49 of 1953. of the Board, the Mayor of Georgetown appointed and of members who shall be Chairman and the Mayor of New Amsterdam, as under- by the Minister members ( a)two elected (b)one member of the State Council; (c)not more than six other persons of the House of Assembly; of whom one shall be a member of the Georgetown of the British sentative to be selected (3)Subject to the provisions from names submitted Town Council Guiana Sugar Producers by those bodies.
every member of this section, and one a repre­ Association shall hold office for two years from the date of his appointment and shall be eligible (4)The Chairman for re-appointment.

at all meetings shall preside shall choose the members but in his absence number to act as Chairman present of the meeting.

one of their of the Board; (5)The Chairman of a meeting shall have an original and casting vote.

(6)Five members Ill-20* B.G.-VoL.

shall form a quorum.

17 of 1938, s. 2.

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Order 49 of 1953, (7)Any appointed member shall cease to be a member of the Board if he- (i)fails without shall be determined monthly meetings reasonable by the Minister) of the Board, or excuse (the sufficiency whereof to attend four consecutive (ii)is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent Kingdom or in any part of Her Majesty's in the United possessions, and in such case his place shall be filled by the Governor accordance of subsection with the provisions (8)A member of the Board appointed (a)and (b) of this section Board if he ceases was a member at the date of his appointment.
to be a member of the Chamber of which he (2) shall cease to be a member of the under subsection (2) of this section.

in (9)The names of all persons appointed of the to be members Board shall forthwith be published in the Gazettfl.

(10)The powers of the Board shall not be affected by a vacancy in the membership thereof.

Appoint­ ment of secretary .

4.Subject to the approval of the Governor, at such salary as may be voted by the the Board may appoint Legislative Council.
a secretary Board to be a body corporate.

5.

(1) The Board shall be a body corporate under the name and may sue and shall have and shall take judicial and style of" The Central Board of Health," be sued, and shall have perpetual succession, and use a common seal of which the courts (2)In any legal proceedings to a solicitor (3)The Board shall have an office in Georgetown.

shall ( 4)The Board shall meet once a month and the Chairman the Board, any by the secretary.
by or against may be signed authority necessary notice.

convene a meeting by a majority consider necessary.

of the Board upon requisition of the members or at such other time as he may made in writing J:tules.

(5)The Board may make ru.ies for the conduct of its business and the regulation of its proceedings.

Duties of the Board.

Order 49 of 1953.


6.It shall be the duty of the Board- ( a)to advise the Minister d with the health connecte when so required on all matters (b)generally to take effectual to secure the preparation, conducive of measures ordination as may be desirable out and co­ carrying to public health; of the Colony; all such measures Public Health.

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1941 (c)to have and exercise the general supervision and control of all local sanitary authorities; (d)from time to time to cause to be made investigations distribution of literature for the training and and of diseases, the causes information, respecting practical certification necessary of persons or advisable (e)to frame regulations and provision for health in the interest services, of public the due and effectual this Ordinance, and generally into effect, other things manner in which any duties the provisions and, if deemed advisable, which it may consider for carrying mentioned as it may deem health; for issue orders by imposed of this Ordinance to prescribe, among necessary, the times and shall be performed.
and if necessary of the duties and for the general furtherance enforcement of sanitation, 7.If in the opinion has made default under this Ordinance ment of any nuisance, enforcement proceedings might have instituted sanitary authority.
of the Board any local sanitary in the performance with respect the institution ��::J authority then on it local of any duty imposed anitary s to the prevention or abate-a o \ity utf or the �:i;c s of any proceedings, of any regulations, and do any act which the local sanitary the Board may institute authority any or done at the expense of the local 8.
(1) The Governor may appoint a Deputy Director of Appoint­ ment of Health Services, Inspectors, officers of who and such other officers as he may deem necessary, Board.

shall be deemed to be officers of this Ordinance Health Officers, Sanitary Medical Visitors for the purposes of the Board.

(2)The Governor Officer to be a Medical authority, capacity other than an urban sanitary he shall be an officer of the Board.
may appoint any Government Medical Officer of Health of a local sanitary authority, and in that (3)The Deputy Director of Medical Services Officer of the Board and, subject or to any orders Chief Executive of this Ordinance visions Board, he shall have the control Board and the power to prescribe their work.
to the pro­ of the of the other officers of the their duties shall be the or directions and superintend ( 4)Officers of the Board shall have the powers and perform in this Ordinance or in the regulations and the duties prescribed in the performance and direction of their duties of the Board.

shall be subject to the control 1942 Cap.

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( 5)Whilst any of the said officers shall be exercising authority he shall be authority.
the duties and powers of the local sanitary deemed to be an officer of the local sanitary any of Board may call upon any local sanitary authority to investigate special diseases .

Order 49 of 1953.

Access to reports, books, plans, etc.

9.The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, require any local sanitary disease present required, of such disease.
authority in its district or the Board may determine to investigate the cause of any special and to take such steps as may be , to prevent the spread in writing plans, accounts, and all other things machinery, 10.The Board and any of its officers authorised shall at all times have access to all reports, books, maps, documents, whatsoever belonging or of any contractor constructed or hereafter enacted relating copies or take extracts maps or documents.
of such reports, books, with a local authority, and used in pursuance of any Ordinance materials to public health and may make to or in the custody of any local authority, and made, compiled, plans, accounts, hitherto Funds.

Order 49 .

;r 1953.

11.The Legislature may place at the disposal such funds as may from time to time be necessary effectual carrying out of the provisions of the Board for the of this Ordinance.

Regulations.
12.The Board may make regulations with respect to any of the following matters- ( a)the regulation of the instruction as sanitary and examination of inspectors and the issue of certificates to successful and health candidates to qualify persons desiring visitors at such examination; (b)the sanitation of the ports of the Colony, and the care to any and health of all seam�n and other persons belonging vessel in the ports, the rivers or creeks of the Colony or in the territorial waters thereof; and (c)the importation and exportation of dead bodies and of human remains.
SANITARY PART II.-LocAL 13.

(I) For the purposes be divided into local sanitary district sanitary authority.

shall be under and subject DISTRICTS of this Ordinance districts, and every local sanitary to the jurisdiction of a local the Colony shal1 AND AUTHORITIES.

Local sanitary districts, and local sanitary authorities thereof.

29 of 1947, a.

2.

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1943 shall be­ districts districts; (2)The local sanitary (a) urban sanitary (b)village (o)country ( d)rural districts.
districts; districts; and 29 of 1947, e. 2.

(3)The following shall be urban sanitary districts for the 29 of 1947, s. 2• purposes of this Ordinance,- (a) the City Town Council being in force amending or in any Ordinance or substituted of Georgetown Ordinance as defined in the Georgetown for the time Cap.
152. for the same; (b)the town of New Amsterdam Town Council Amsterdam the time being and the local sanitary for forthesame,­ authority thereof or substituted shall be- in force amending Ordinance as defined in the New Ca.p.161.

or in any Ordinance (i)in the case of the City of Georgetown, of Georgetown; Town Council the Mayor and (ii)in the case of the town of New Amsterdam, the Mayor and Town Council of New Amsterdam.
( 4)Every area of land which is for the time being a village 29 of 1947, for the same, shall be a village district under the Local Government t 2 for the time being in force amending or a country for the district, · 150 p .

a. as the case may be, and a local sanitary district, or a country or any Ordinance district, Ordinance or substituted district, of this Ordinance; purposes shall be the village council thereof country authority under the Local Government aforesaid.
of the country and the local sanitary of the village district, or the district as the case may be, authority Ordinance or other Ordinance as (5) Every area of land which is for the time being a rural dis-29 of 1947, or any Ordinance for the same, district, and the local sanitary authority trict under the Local Government for the time being in force amending shall be a rural district, purposes thereof Ordinance or substituted of this Ordinance, and a local sanitary shall be the Board.
for the s. 2· to the provisions of this Ordinance made thereunder 14.Subject regulations and may exercise districts all such powers, health as may be conferred Ordinance.

within the boundaries functions and duties local sanitary and of any Powe�s, shall have �:�0 authorities ���i:s of their respective of !
?cal to public !��;:;!tie s. relating upon them by this or any other 15.A Medical which he is appointed duties imposed Officer of Health in respect by the Governor, shall perform of the district for Duti_es of a all the �ffi��:�f by Health.

Services of Medical on the Deputy Director I 1944 Cap.

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Public Health.

any Ordinance, orders, regulations, time made or given by the Board and by any regulations authority applicable local sanitary or directions to his office.
from time to of the Local sanitary authorities to appoint officers.

Board may assume control.

16.
(I) The Board may require any local sanitary authority who shall be a Medical a Medical Officer of Health, or other officers as the Board may consider to appoint Practitioner, or a Health Officer, or one or more Sanitary tors, Health Visitors, necessary for the purpose in case of the failure with the requirements Board with the approval of the Governor any or all of the officers for and on behalf of the local sanitary authorit authority, to comply for the to appoint authority of the Board, it shall be lawful of the local sanitary of the local sanitary in Council Inspec­ and y.
(2)Any Medical Officer of Health, by the or other officer appointed Inspector, Health Visitor Board for and on behalf be paid out of the funds of the local sanitary appointment same effect as if it had been made by the local sanitary shall be valid in all respects and the authority and shall have the of the local sanitary shall authority Health Officer, Sanitary authority.

Discontinu­ ance of control Board.

by 17.


(I) The Board may, for any cause which may appear to authority, and duties or for any particular in exclusion any or all of the powers, it expedient and perform the local sanitary purpose of a local sanitary functions, authority generally exercise or for a limited (2)If under the provisions or unlimited period.
of this Ordinance of the powers, the Governor the Board functions, in Council, either of the exercise and performance authority, anitary necessary that it is no longer or perform assumes or duties of any locals if satisfied Board shall continue tions, or duties, by the Board of the said powers, cease, the exercise (3)Nothing and performance shall prevent the local sanitary of its powers, and thereupon to exercise may declare herein that the exercise that the or expedient such powers, func­ or performance or duties, shall authority shall resume functions, the Board from relinquishing functions and duties.
at any time the exercise local sanitary authority provisions of this Ordinance.

of any powers, which it might have assumed or duties under the of a functions, Powers of urban sanitary authority to make regulations First echedule, .

18.The local sanitary authority of an urban sanitary to its district may with respect by the Board for any of the purposes make regulations specified in the first schedule under this Ordinance, to this Ordinance.
make regulations for which the Board may save and except those district to be approved Public Health.

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1945 PART III.-NoTIFIABLE lNFECTrous, EPIDEMIC AND ENDEMIC DISEASES.

19.

{l) In this Part of this Ordinance cholera, means small-pox, fever, typhoid the disease erysipelas, alastrim, the expression yellow fever, Definition of infectious disease.
paratyphoid "in­ fevers, or scarlet known as scarlatina disease" fectious plague, typhus, diphtheria, chicken-pox, fever, anthrax, of tuberculosis, paralysis, infantile trachoma, * malaria, Board may declare of this Ordinance.
pulmonary tuberculosis and all other forms fever, puerperal cerebro-spinal fever, t and includes to be an infectious puerperal ophthalmia any other disease disease under this Part septicremia, neonatorum, which the passed (2)The Board may by resolution to the diseases at a meeting thereof in mentioned in addition (1) of this section, any disease declare subsection within the meaning rescind such resolution.
of this Part of this Ordinance to be an "infectious disease," and may (3)In this Part of this Ordinance area " means Definition to be such by order of the Board published � ected e " infected in �; any area declared the Gazette.

19 of 1944, s. 2.

20.The Governor may- {l) cause to be provided in such part of the Colony as he may deem fit one or more hospitals isolation and treatment from any infectious disease.
(2)in case of emergency or camps for the reception, of any person or persons suffering the Colony such sums effectual Part of this Ordinance and carrying funds of expend from the public for the of money as may be necessary out of any or all of the provisions of this made thereunder; or of any regulations Hospitals for treat­ ment of infectious disease.

(3)do all ·such other matters and things for carrying out the provisions of this section as he may deem necessary.

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21.

{l) The Board shall have the direction alastrim, with regard small-pox, and may make regulations with yellow fever, dealing and typhus, of any such disease of all measures Regulations governing plague cholera, quaran­ to the control tinable diseases.

for any of the following segregation purposes- and isolation or likely of persons from exposure from any such disease, ( a)the restraint, suffering to infection to suffer from any such disease; *Added by notice No.
498 in the Gazette of the 5th October, t Added by notice No.

1,719 in the Gazette of the 4th October, 1952.

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(b)the removal sons suffering ( c)the removal, from any such disease; disinfection to hospital and curative of per­ treatment and destruction or of personal material and any other article, effects, thing exposed goods, buildings, to infection from any such disease; of the dead of the dead, or cremation (d)the speedy burial and the provision of crematoria; (e)house to house visitation (j)the provision (g)the promotion of medical and inspection; aid and accommodation; of cleanliness, ventilation and disinfec­ tion; (h)the prevention of the spread of such diseases on the seas and rivers within and waters of the Colony, three miles of the coast thereof, and on the high seas as on land; and (i)the doing of any such matter or thing as may appear advisable including sons and public ever within for diagnosing, the prohibition or restriction conveyances of movement of any kind whatso­ area: of per­ and to and from an infected and private preventing or checking such diseases, 19 of 194-4, s. 3.
Provided always, for the relief institution control of Government, of the sick and destitute or to any patient to any hospital or any poor under the that with respect , �iven by this sectioP shall he exercised therein, the powers by the Director of fedical Services: also that, in the event of immediate action to deal with any such becoming, necessary of this section and of its not being in the opinion of the Governor, to have a meeting the Governor may take all such measures, of the Governor, under the provisions ..::'rovided in the opinion disease practicable, of the Board forthwith, do all such things taken, and things and the exercise valid, binding taken, done, or exercised (2)There may be attached done or exercised and protected and exercise all such powers as might be by the Board, and all such measures of such powers shall be as e:ff ectual, in all respects by or under authority as if they had been of the Board.
to any breach of any regulation made under this section and fifty dollars hard labour, not exceeding six months.

or a term of imprisonment, a penalty not exceeding two hundred with or without Notification of infectious disease.

22.

(1) Where an inmate of any building from an infectious habitation provisions shall is suffering have effect, that is to say- used for human disease the following Public Health.

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1947 to which such inmate, as "the patient," By head of referred family or belongs, relative or present of the patient occupier.
and, on the patient, relatives or being in attendance every person in charge of or in and in default shall, of any such person as soon as he becomes aware (a)the head of the family the nearest to in this Part of this Ordinance and in his default in the building in default attendance the occupier that the patient notice and of such relatives, on the patient, of the building is suffering to the Medical thereof (b)every medical that the patient visit the patient suspect send to the Medical certificate building of such medical stating attending practitioner in to By certi.fi.
cate of shall forthwith on his having reason to medical disease is suffering from an infectious practitioner.

Officer of Health of that district on or called and the infectious the name of the patient, disease from which, the situation in the opinion practitioner, the patient is suffering.
a of the from an infectious disease, send Officer of Health of that district; (2)Every person by this section who fails to do so shall be guilty to send a notice of an offence and required or conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding certificate shall on summary ten dollars: Provided that, if a person is not required the first instance, shall not be liable to any had reasonable sent.
but only in default penalty cause to suppose if he satisfies that the notice to send a notice of some other person, in he the court that he had been duly forms of 23.

(1) The Board may from time to time prescribe and any forms under this Part of shall be used in all cases so to which they apply.

certificates prescribed this Ordinance, Forms of certificates and fees of medical titioner.
prac­ (2)The Board shall gratuitously practitioner forms of certificate for the same, and shall pay supply to any medical to every medical the Colony for each certificate with this Part of this Ordinance who applies practitioner who is not in receipt of pay from duly sent by him in accordance a fee of fifty cents.

24.
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(1) A Medical Officer of Health or any medical practi­ authorised of Medical by a local sanitary Services may at any time enter and inspect authority or by the Powers of entry and inspection tioner Director any premises fectious examine in which he has reason to believe existed, or has recently disease any dead body found on such premises.

that any in­ and may also exists, (2)A Medical Officer of Health or any medical authorised by a local sanitary authority or the Director practitioner of 1948 Cap.
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Medical Services has reason to believe recently existed, has recently whether he is suffering, may at any time enter any building that any infectious disease exists, in which he or has or who and examine any person found therein been an inmate thereof or has recently with a view to ascertaining suffered, from such disease.

(3)Such Medical Officer of Health or medical practitioner may, for the purpose of examination, body of any person suspected disease.
order the removal of the to have died of any infectious (4)In the event of admission, inspection, examination being refused, removal under the provisions magistrate entry, inspection, being exhibited, any person who wilfully execution may grant a warrant authorising or removal and, on such warrant or obstructs of such warrant shall be guilty of an offence.
or the such of the district examination of this section disobeys the Duty of local sanitary authority to cause premises to be cleansed and dis­ infected.

25.

(1) vVhere on the certificate of any medical practitione r, and disinfecting of any premises and of any articles the cleansing therein any infectious authority of the premises premises notice.
likely to retain infection, would tend to prevent or check disease, it shall be the duty of the local sanitary to give notice in writing to the owner or occupier and any articles requiring him to cleanse and disinfect within a time specified the in such therein (2)If the person to whom notice is so given fails to comply he shall be guilty of an offence, and the local sanitary therewith, authority shall cause the premises be cleansed and disinfected, incurred from the owner or occupier.
and any articles therein to and may recover the expenses of any such premises in the opinion of the local sanitary is from (3)Wher� the owner or occupier unable, poverty or otherwise authority, effectually section authority requirements, and disinfect the expenses with the consent such premises thereof.

the local sanitary of this to carry out the requirements such may, without enforcing cleanse of the owner or occupier and any articles therein, and defray Disinfection of bedding, etc.

26.
26.

(1) The local sanitary authority or the Medical Officer of require the owner of any clothing or any other articles Health may, by notice in writing, bedding, to the infection of any infectious be delivered authority person who fails to comply with such requirement shall of an offence.

disease to an officer of the Board or of the local sanitary which have been exposed to cause the same to for removal for the purpose of disinfection; and any be guilty Public H ealtk.

[Cap.

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1949 and articles shall be disinfected by and shall be redelivered to the owner (2)The bed�ng, clothing, authority the local sanitary free of charge, bedding, compensate amount of compensation owner.
or articles clothing and if any unnecessary damage is caused to the the local sanitary shall authority the owner for the same and in case of dispute the claimed may by the be recovered 27.The local sanitary authority may direct the destruction of any bedding, exposed compensation to infection for the same.

clothing, or other articles from any infectious disease, which have been and may give Destruction of infected etc.

bedding, state and is without 28.
( 1) Any person who is suffering or is lodged in a room occupied tenement or premises so as to prevent in an infectious modation, or in any house, family effectively isolated may, with the consent signed or place and on a certificate removed by order of any justice or place at the cost of the local sanitary be detained certifies from an infectious disease proper lodging Removal of infected or accom­ persons by more than one without proper where he cannot be lodging to the spread of the disease, hospital by order of body of any hospital justice of the peace.
19 of 1944, s. 4. by a medical of the peace to such hospital and may there body aforesaid until such time as the superintending of the superintending state: in an infectious that he is no longer authority be practitioner, Provided that a magistrate may at any time on the applica­ authority or any medical practitioner of any person from such hospital that the conditions of the place where or place if the patient tion of the local sanitary order the discharge he is satisfied is to reside so as to prevent the spread of the disease.
are such that he can and will be effectively isolated (2)An order under this section inspector sanitary constable, the peace may deem expedient visitor all acts necessary who wilfully shall be guilty and any officer of the hospital for giving or obstructs of an offence.

disobeys or health visitor may be addressed to such 19 of 1944, s.4.
of or do or place aforesaid may as the justice inspector and that constable, effect to the order; the execution and any person of such order (3)The superintending Services of Medical of this section for a period the Director under the provisions there been detained as soon as any person to that hospital of six months.
body aforesaid shall send a report to removed or place has (4)On receipt of such report or any person authorised the Director of Medical in writing by him shall make Services further 1950 Cap.

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inquiry Services person from that hospital as he deems necessary, may at any time thereafter or place.
and the Director of Medical order the discharge of that 19 of 1944, 8.4. therein any hospital (5)Any person who leaves an order made under subsection detention twenty-five dollars taken against of the case or otherwise, any justice to be taken back to the hospital shall be liable to a penalty and the magistrate, that person either on account or place contrary to ( 1) of this section for his not exceeding or, if no proceedings of the urgent nature or place aforesaid.
of the peace may order him are 19 of 1944, s. 4. to a magistrate (6)An application subsection (1) of this section convenient of the person under deten­ tion and any order so made by him shall have the same effect as an order of the court.

may be heard by him in any place and in the absence under the proviso to (7)Nothing in this section shall prevent time of any person from any hospital tending body.

the discharge or place by the superin­ at any Temporary shelter, etc.

authority 29.
authority 29.

(1) A local sanitary shelter may provide, free of charge, with any necessary atten­ or accommodation temporary dants for the members of any family in whom any infectious disease has appeared and who have been compelled to leave their dwelling to be disinfected _by the local sanitary their dwelling for the purpose authority.

of enabling (2)The Board may make regulations generally for the of such temporary shelter and sanitation management, or accommodation.
control Exposure of infected persons.
30.Any person who- (1)while suffering from any infectious disease wilfully ex­ and necessary precautions against disease in any street, any such infectious without proper poses himself spreading shop, hotel or boarding enters any to the owner, conductor, suffering; public conveyance or house, or public conveyance, public place, or previously notifying that he is so or driver thereof without (2)being in charge of any person so suffering, so exposes such sufferer; shall be guilty of an offence.
Public Health.

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1951 31.Any person who- (1)gives, transmits lends, vious disinfection, articles fection sells, any bedding, which have been exposed to in­ of any description or from any infectious disease; without or conveys or exposes, clothing, (2)exposes proper precaution pre­ without rags, or any other Infected things.

Contact with body of person dying of infectious disease.
of any person who has died of any infectious disease; the body or (3)holds, or permits house, room or place, body of any person to be held, a wake or wakes in any over which he has control, or over the who has died of any infectious disease; (4)having the charge or control of premises who has died from any infectious in which is lying the body of a person and does not take such steps as may be reasonably to prevent with the body un­ persons necessarily; coming into contact disease practicable shall be guilty Provided of an offence: that no proceedings a person transmitting under this section with precautions for the purposes shall be taken any bedding, of having the rags or other articles against clothing, same disinfected.
within of a public 32.

The owner or driver authority fares shall not knowingly of the local sanitary at separate person shall not knowingly person ing from any such disease every person of an offence.

vehicle used for the carrying convey, in any such public disease, the district Prohibiting conveyance of passengers of infected and any other in persons public vehicle a vehicles.
suffer­ and a person and shall not enter any such vehicle, this section shall be guilty from any infectious who shall offend against suffering place, suffering from any infectious vehicle within the ;e:0� district is �r�v£r, e disease of the local as soon as it give notice.

the owner or driver shall give notice thereof to the Medical Officer to of an and, if he fails so to do, shall be guilty and shall cause such vehicle 33.
(1) If any person in any public authority, conveyed sanitary comes to his knowledge of Health or a sanitary inspector be disinfected, offence, conveyed, conveyed, by him in connection or from the person causing a sufficient sum and shall be entitled to cover any loss and expense with such disinfection.
that person to be so from the person so to recover incurred �-• 0!� (2)It shall be the duty of the local sanitary by the owner or driver for the disinfection so requested provide when authority to vehicle in except of the same free of charge, of such public 1952 Cap.

145.J Public Health.

cases where the owner or driver he was suffering conveyed from infectious disease.
a person knowing that cause to 34 (1) If any person knows or has reasonable disease, from an infectious he shall Infected person not to carry on occupation.

19 of 1944, s. 5. that he is suffering believe not engage in any occupation unless disease.

he can do so without or carry on any trade or business risk or spreading the infectious 19 of 1944, s. 5.
(2)No person shall knowingly employ any other person in connected sale or distribution any trade or business storage, for human consumption infectious disease (3)If any person whilst state.

in an infectious of articles with the handling, of food, or drink, intended from an such person is suffering preparation, acts in contravention of this section he shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty on letting building in which in­ fected per­ sons have been lodging.

35.
35.

(1) Any person who knowingly lets for hire or permits to in which any person be used any building from any infectious disease of a building and any or all of the articles infection, Health as testified of an offence.
therein of a Medical Officer of to the satisfaction by him, shall be guilty or part to retain having such building signed by a certificate disinfected without has been suffering liable (2)For the purposes of this section the keeper of an hotel shall be deemed to let for hire part of a building admitted as guest into such hotel.

to any person Persons ceasing to occupy houses without previous dis­ infection, etc.

disease 36.
disease 36.

(1) Any person part of a building suffering from an infectious or part of a building and any to retain infection Officer of Health as testified without previous existence an offence.
who shall cease to occupy any building in which any person has previously or been such building without having therein liable of a Medical or all of such articles by a certificate owner of such building to the satisfaction signed by him, or notice of the of shall be guilty to the of such infectious disinfected disease, :first giving or showing (2)Any person letting for hire for hire any building letting person negotiating of there being or within six weeks previously from any infectious therein ingly makes a false answer to such question an offence.
for the purpose who on being questioned as to the fact having been know­ disease of shall be guilty for the hire of such building any person suffering of by any (3)The local sanitary of this section authority to be given to the occupier of any shall cause notice of the provisions Public Health.

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1953 building su:ff ering from an infectious in which such authority disease.

is aware that there is a person 37.


(I) No person, being the parent or having the care or or has been exposed charge of a child who is or has been suffering shall, disease from a Medical child to attend school without officer a certificate medical charge without to infection Officer of Health to that effect permit such from such free of having procured (which shall be granted upon application) undue risk of communicating who offends against the disease this section the child may attend to others.
shall be guilty that in his opinion (2)Any person Infection in schools from infectious after a notice of an offence.

38.
(I) If any person shall die from any infectious accommodat disease in Bodies �on for t�e_sick, ��fu�si; s Officer of Health or any other medical it is desirable, disease any infectious that the body shall not be removed that in his opinion any hospi�al or place of temporary and a Medical certifies risk of communicating infection, or place except for the purpose for any person shall not be lawful or place except hospital body is taken for that purpose to some cemetery taken direct forthwith there buried.
in order to prevent practit10ner s e the f� ;�:tm s or of spreading from such hospital �'::f;I:1 i�fectiou� etc., to be of being forthwith buried, to remove the body from that it burial.

carried or it shall be forthwith of burial, and shall be or place for the aforesaid purpose; and when the (2)If any person wilfully offends against this section he shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)Nothing in this section dead body from any hospital tion for the sick to any mortuary, the purposes place as aforesaid.
of this section, shall prevent or temporary and such mortuary be deemed part of such hospital for or shall, place of accommoda­ the removal of any without the sanction 39.No person, shall retain of a Medical than in a mortuary Health, in a room not used at the time as a dwelling-place, or work-room, person who has died from any infectious for more than eighteen hours the body of any Officer of or unburied, elsewhere disease.

Prohibition of retention of corpse.

sleeping-place disease 40.


(I) Where the body of any person remains Justices of the peace than in a mortuary infectious may in or in a room not used at the time as a dwelling-place, sleeping­ certain order dead for more than eighteen place or work-room bodies to be of a Medical the sanction without buried.

Officer of Health or where thP- hours after death who has died from any elsewhere unburied cases B.G.-VoL.

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any justice of the inmates building, of the Medical the health or neighbouring in any building so as to of such building, or of any of the peace dead body of any person is retained endanger adjoining may, on the application the body to be removed to any available mortuary, within a time to be specified peace may, in the case of the body of any person who has died of any infectious consider buried.
Officer of Health, order at the cost of the local sanitary disease, burial necessary, and direct in the order; or in any case in which he shall and any justice of the the same to be buried immediate the body to be so direct authority or relatives of the deceased (2)Unless the friends from which the body has been removed to bury and do bury the body within the time specified order it shall be the duty of the local sanitary district or in which the body shall be, if it has not been so removed, bury such body, and any expense by the local sanitary authority recovered from any person legally such burial.
in its accounts, liable and may be of to pay the expenses undertake in such authority of the to the mortuary to may be charged so incurred Disinfection of public conveyances.
41.Any person who hires or uses a public conveyance for the notifying conveyance to be conveyed without previously of the body of a person who has died from any to the owner or that the person whose body is has died from as aforesaid, which has been used for con­ conveyance infectious disease, driver of such public or is intended disease, or driver of a public conveyance veying the body of a person who has died from an infectious disease, who shall not immediately afterwards provide for the disinfection of such conveyance, shall offence.
and, after any such notification an infectious be guilty of an any owner l:tecovery of costs of mainten­ ance in hospital of patients.

42.Any expenses incurred by the local sanitary authority in to or in maintaining conveying place for the reception shall be deemed to be a debt due from such patient sanitary estate in the event of his dying in such hospital and may be recovered of the sick, a patient in hospital, authority, who is not a pauper to the local from him or from his or place.
or in a temporary Inspection of dairies and power to prohibit supply of milk.

43.

(1) If a Medical Officer of Health has evidence that any person is suffering milk supplied that district, cause of any infectious from an infectious disease to from any dairy situate within attributable within a district or that the milk from any dairy is likely to be the to any person residing disease in that Public Health.

[Cap.

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[Cap.

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1955 in the service he shall visit that dairy, engaged district, and every person the premises person employed the animals therein, his examination Director or who may be resident in such dairy and shall examine and shall forthwith report the results to the Board or, in case of emergency, may reside, of the and may examine thereof or resident the same upon where any in any premises of Medical (2)If a Medical Services.
that any Officer of Health has evidence from any infectious disease or to be the cause of any in the district, that district, a district disease intimate is suffering to milk from any dairy without person within attributable that the milk from any dairy is likely infectious forthwith the Director of Medical as the case may be may direct Officer of Health of that other district dairy and animals examination and shall forthwith to the Board or to the Director or resident the persons of Medical therein, Services Services engaged to any person residing the fact to the Board or, in case of emergency and the Board or the Director he shall to enter and inspect the as aforesaid and the of his report the results of Medical Services.
the Medical disease Services of Medical of Medical to the dairyman that infectious or examination (3)If the Board or the Director as the be of from is caused by milk supplied shall Services to appear before in which the dairy is situated case may be shall upon that inspection opinion any dairy the Board or the Director give notice of the district hours, not less than twenty-four to show cause why an order should not be made prohibiting him from supplying has been withdrawn the magistrate magistrate as aforesaid.
any milk from that dairy until that order and if in the opinion by the magistrate; the magistrate such time, in the notice may on the application of the Board make an order as may be specified the dairyman within of fails to show cause, then the (4)An order made by a magistrate shall forthwith section Board that the milk supply has been changed of infection be withdrawn or that the cause in pursuance of this of the upon the certificate has been removed.
(5)Any person who refuses to perm.it a Medical Officer of or the animals Health to enter and inspect aforesaid prohibiting sells or supplies human consumption, the supply of milk as aforesaid kept by him, or who, after an order has been made, of that order for any milk in contravention his dairy or examine shall be guilty always that proceedings the magistrate of an offence: in respect of the district of such offence where the Provided the persons shall be taken before aforesaid dairy is situate: B.G.-VoL.
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Provided also that no dairyman shall be liable to an action for breach of contract under this section.

if the breach be due to any order made Prohibitin g the removal of milk from any place.

44.
44.

( 1) When, in the opinion of Medical gency the Director public health Services or removed requires ma.y by order direct of the Board or in case of emer­ of the Services, of Medical the preservation it, the Board or the Director from any part of the Colony specified in the order.

that no milk shall be taken out of (2)Every such order shall specify the limits of the area to which it applies and shall remain in force until it is revoked.
(3)Every such order and the revocation thereof shall be published in the Gazette.

(4)Every person who removes of an offence.

or who knowingly sells such area shall be guilty any milk from any such area any milk which has been removed from Power to require dairyman to furnish list of sources supply.

of to the Board Officer of Health certifies is suffering a district 45.
(1) If a Medical that any person within disease which he has reason to suspect supplied within man supplying all the farms, derived, the supply or any part of it is obtained may make a similar dairyman, that district, the milk to furnish or places dairies, or has been derived from any infectious to milk the dairy­ list of a complete from which his supply of milk is during the last six weeks, and if the Board may require forthwith upon that dairyman.
requisition is attributable any other through (2)Every dairy man shall comply ·with the requisition and if he fails to do so he shall be of the Board under this section, of an offence.

guilty Dairyman to notify infectious disease existing among his Rervants.

premises the Medical persons he becomes disease exists.

46.
46.

(1) Every dairym an supplying within milk within that district Officer of Health all cases of infectious disease from a district shall notify to among or without whether engaged in or in connection with his dairy, as soon as aware or has reason to suspect that such infectious (2)Any dairym an who fails shall to comply with this section be guilty of an offence.

Infected person not to carry on occupation .


47.A person who knows himself or who is nursing shall not milk disease, infectious infectious disease, and distri­ occupation bution of milk and if he does so milk any animal or engage from an to be suffering a case of or attending any animal or engage in any with the collection, connected storage Public H e,alth.

[Cap.

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1957 himself offence.

in any occupation as aforesaid of an he shall be guilty likely 48.
(1) With respect endemic of persons the provision the isolation for the examination or other dis­ for any of the following to any epidemic, ease the Board may make regulations and detention purposes:-for from any such disease; of medical accommodation; generally of persons house visitation; disinfection; the requiring such times and places vided for by the regulations, examination; observation of such diseases.
Power to make regu­ lations in suffering relation to or epidemic aid and hospital endemic and treatment disease.
house to from any such disease; of cleanliness, ventilation and to report at themselves as may be pro­ such periods or and for their ascertaining and examination; to be suffering the promotion for the prevention of observation and generally for the purpose of carriers, the existence of contacts and during (2)There may be attached to the breach of any regulation made under this section and fifty dollars.

a penalty not exceeding two hundred PART IV.-VENEREAL DISEASES.
49.For the purposes of this Ordinance, gonorrhreal 1 disease" �:�::.

soft ophthalmia, "venereal gonorrhrea, means syphilis, chancre, granuloma.

and venereal 50.

(1) Every parent to believe shall cause the child to be treated practitioner form.

in a communicable reason disease medical disease or guardian that the child is suffering of a child who knows or has Parent or guardian from any venereal to cause child to be treated.
for that disease until the child is cured or free from that by a (2)Every parent or guardian of any child who fails to have that child treated (3)For the purposes as aforesaid of this section shall be guilty "child" or neglects ofan o;ffence.

shall mean a person under the age of fourteen years.

form, accepts or continues in a communicable 51.


Every person who, whilst suffering house or other place in any capacity service or in or about any factory, disease ment in domestic restaurant, care of children for consumption an offence, unless and had no reasonable was so suffering.
from any venereal Persons suffering in employ­ while in shop, hotel, employment entailing entailing care of or food intended children or handling food, uten­ he proves that he did not know or suspect, sils, means of knowing or suspecting, or use by any other person shall be guilty or the handling of food utensils that he the of etc.

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Venereal diseases to be treated by medical practitioner .

52.
52.

(1) No person shall, unless he is a medical disease or prescribe practitioner, any remedy treat any person for venereal or give any advice therefor, thereof, the advice whether or to any other person: in connection with the treatment to be treated is given to the person Provided that the Director of Medical Services any dispenser the conditions any person or persons from that disease.
to examine prescribed by the Director suffering or suspected of Medical Services to be suffering and treat in manner and subject may authorise to (2)Every person w,ho contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

Advertise­ ment of treatment for venereal disease.

53.
53.

( 1) A person or announcement shall not by any advertisement treat or offer to treat any person for or offer to prescribe disease, or offer to give or give advice or prescribe any remedy with the in connection or any public notice venereal therefor, treatment thereof.

(2)Any person who publishes any such advertisement view in any by printing statement public it to any person in any street conveyance be guilty of an offence.
it in any newspaper or exhibiting place or delivering or offering or exhibiting or public or shows it or sends it by post to any person place or in any public shall or it to by the Board, shall not apply to publication (3)This section hospital, duties public lawful Director or other public or by any society Services.

of Medical of its ·body in the discharge by the or person authorised (4)For the purposes of this section "statement " includes any paper, any such advertisement or statement.
document "advertisement" or book containing or institution of prosecu­ tion.

54.No prosecution under this Part of this Ordinance except instituted Services.

of Medical on information laid by direction shall be of the Director Regulations.

55.The Board may make regulations disease control of venereal of this Part of this Ordinance.

in respect for the prevention and of any of the provisions Public Health.

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1959 PART V.-MA.TERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE AND SCHOOL HYGIENE Nursing Homes.
56.No nursing home shall be established without 1 f h B prova o t e oard and any nursing and all existing nursing of the Board.

home when established, the ap-Control of nursing homes.

homes, shall be subject to the control 57.
(I) For the purpose Board may make regulations (a)the registration of nursing and the registration registration; governed by- of controlling for any of the following nursing homes the Reg matters- of homes and cancellation lations u or cancellation shall be (i)the fitness of the applicant or applicants for regis­ tration; (ii)the fitness of the home with respect construction, general sanitation; and staffing, accommodation, to the situation, equipment and (iii)generally the conduct and management of the staff and patients; (b)the prescribing (c)the notification (d)generally of forms and keeping of deaths for the effectual and the causes control, well ordering and of the premises; of the staff and equipment, thereof; management, and the sanitation and of reL:ords; ( ' ) (e)the right of entry of officers authorised by the Director of Medical Services.
(2)Any person contravening any of the provisions of this or of any regulations made thereunder shall be guilty section of an offence.

(3)Where a company is guilty of an offence against the regulations, be guilty of took place without and every director he proves bis knowledge of an offence unless the chairman that the act complained any of and officer shall Provided government that this section or estate hospital or consent: shall not be made to apply to any or institution.

Day Nurseries.
Day Nurseries.

58.The Board may, and the local sanitary may, make provision under school an urban sanitary of infants welfare district and children authority for the care and n°�seiles.

age and for this Regulations.

of f ror sion 1960 Cap.

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may establish purpose regulations such nurseries.

generally day nurseries, for the control and the Board may make and management of N oti.fication.

Notification 59.

(1) In the case of every child born it shall be the duty of of Births.
residing the father of the child, if he is actually where the birth takes place at the time of its occurrence, of any person in or within the birth district section.
six hours after the birth, to the Board or the Medical Officer in which the child is born, in manner provided and upon the mother at the time of, of of Health of the attendance to give notice in writing in the house by this \ ' l ) ( shall be given within or postcard forty-eight a letter to Officer of Health at his office or or by of the birth, information addressed (2)Notice under this section the necessary a written hours after birth by posting the Board or the Medical residence, giving delivering office or residence local sanitary authority and stamped postcards medical areas, who applies practitioner for the same: notice of the Medical of the birth to the Board or at the and the Officer of Health; shall supply without containing the form of notice charge addressed or midwife residing or pra�tising to any in their Provided that the Governor specified any district therein from the operation of this section.
in Council may by order exempt (3)Any person who fails to give notice of a birth in accor­ shall be guilty of an offence: dance with this section that a person Provided this provision grounds other person.

if he satisfies that notice shall not be liable under the court that he had reasonab le had been duly given by some to a penalty to believe Access to notices by registrar.
to and not in substitution relating to the registration (4)The notification required to be made under this Part of and any registrar times have access shall be in addition ts of any Ordinance of births to notices this Ordinance the requiremen of births; reasonable the Board or the Medical this Ordinance, recorded, for the purpose births which may have occurred by Officer of Health under this Part of may be notices information or to any book in which those of obtaining of births and deaths shall at all for received concerning in his registration district.
forth week has issued of the twenty-eighth (5)This section from its mother after the expiration of pregnancy, alive or dead.

whether shall apply to any child which Public Health.

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1961 School Hyg iene .

.

60.

(1) No school shall be established previous thereof, and any school shall be subject ly approves of the sanitary arrangements and all existing of the Board.

when established control to the sanitary in respect schools unless the Board Sanitary control.
I (2)v\There any local sanitary public health department sanitary control of that authority of all schools shall be vested in the local sanitary within the limits to the satisfact of the district authority.

authority has established ion of the Board the a r I 61.

(1) The Governor may appoint such Medical Officers of as he may deem :fit, and such Appomt- ment and duties.

Health to be school medical officers Officers shall be subject shall assign to them their to the direction respective duties.
of the Board which (2)A school the purposes of the school of making an examination premises.

of the pupils medical officer may enter any school premises or inspect for ion (3)The master for the time being in charge of such school shall afford every facility furtherance of such examination to the school medical officer in the or inspection.

62.
62.

(1) The principal su:ff ering from an infectious local sanitary time :fixed by them a complete of the scholars department List of of a school in which any scholar scholars to if required he furnished where to them within a reasonable scholar in list of the names and addresses a school is suffering at the school or any specified from an infectious disease.

authority, furnish other than boarders.


in or attending thereof disease shall, by the (2)If the principal of a school of this section he shall be liable fails to comply with any of the in respect of each is provisions offence to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars.
(3)In this section the expression "the principal" used in a school means the person in charge of the school, is divided into departments where the school relation to and includes, there is no single respects each department person at the head of the whole school, the head of that department.

and as 63.
(1) For the purpose of regulating the Board may make regulations the registration the sanitation for any of the fol- premises of the lowing matters: of the of schools; site, locality, extent and lay-out registration the building grounds; position, of class-rooms and and outbuildings; the types and sizes of seats and desks; cloak-room, and latrine accommodation, water-closet size and mode of construction of lighting and the cancellation and the water supply; and ventilation of school lavatory, Regulations.
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Public Health.

and �enerally premises.

for the cleanliness and sanitation of the school �enalty for contraven­ tion of rii:gulation m· obstruct­ �g officer.

(2)Any person who contravenes, or fails to comply with or obstructs of this Part of this Ordinance any officer in the execution shall be guilty of an offence.

of any of the provisions PART VI.-HosPITALS, MORTUARIES AND BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

64.
64.

(1) No hospital, mortuary, crematorium, cemetery or Hospitals, etc., to be s,Jbject to sa\nitary �ntrol of oard.

/ I I I i ground not being under the control without d in any district burial shall be establishe Board, and such hospital, burial mortuaries, the sanitary cemeteries control and burial of the Board.
ground when established, and all existing grounds shall be subject of the government the approval of the or crematorium, cemetery mortuary, hospitals, to mortuary (2)Where any local sanitary hospital, the satisfaction hospital, the limits within in the local sanitary , crematorium, authority cemetery of the Board, the sanitary cemetery crematorium, of that authority of the district authority.

mortuary, a has established or burial ground to control of any such ground shall be vested or burial Regulations.
65.The Board may make regulations for any of the following matters- -- ( a)prescribing and regulating floor space, refuse necessary water supply, cleansing such matters buildings relating disposal, the site, , lighting cubic area and ventilation, , , latrines mode of construction water-closet, of food and generally drainage, storage to the sanitation of hospita ls and all and disinfecting, in any way connected (b)prescribin g and regulating therewith; the site, mode of construction , water supply, lighting, of mortuaries, cubic area and ventilation, cleansing floor space, drainage, erally management of mortuaries of dead bodies; ( c)prescribing for the sanitation the reception and disinfecting thereof and gen­ and for the conduct and from such into and the removal and regulating the site, and generally , mode of construction for the control and in any all persons cremations and (d)prescribing sanitary arrangements management manner connected of crematoria, therewith; and regulating grounds from one another; may be buried cemeteries distance number of bodies which tion, transportation and keeping and burial of graves the manner of laying and the recording out thereof; size and depth of graves; in one grave; exhuma­ of dead bodies before burial; Public H_ealth.
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1963 keeping relating grounds.

of registers to the sanitary of interments; maintenance and generally all matters and bu.rial of cemeteries p ART VIL-ANTI-MOSQUITO PROVISIONS.

66.The owner or occupier ( a) keep his premises shall at all times­ of any premises free from all refuse, bush, weeds and long grass; Duties of owner or occupier.
tins, bottles, 19 of 1944, s. 6. larvce all trees, shells, coconut calabashes, (b)keep trimmed and free from mosquito hedges and plants and prevent roof gutters shrubs, from _overhanging prennses; all trees and shrubs on his or on any other person's (c)keep free from the breeding all jars, tubs, cans, flower-pots machinery, materials in use or disuse; or harbouring or similar of mosquitoes, receptacles or whether whatsoever or any other article ( d)keep in good repair wise protected harbouring cisterns, or covered, of mosquitoes, or other receptacles and efiectually so as to prevent all barrels, the breeding vats, tanks, screened or other­ or oil-drums, of water; (e)keep in good repair, graded and free from for the storage properly which might cause water to accumulate, pipes or other channels away for the draining or sagging obstruction all roof gutters, of rain water; (j)keep properly graded and free from any obstruction ­ (i) all wood, metal, stone, whether of the ground; or other such drains, beneath the surface and (g)keep the banks and edges of all drains, (ii)all earth drains; brick, open or closed, earthenware, concrete and above or ·ponds, pools or clean and free from bush and weeds so as to prevent ditches, the breeding or harbouring of mosquitoes.
67.The presence of mosquito of larvre in any collection of Evidence offence.

water on premises visions owner or occupier, liable to a penalty of the preceding shall be prima facie section have evidence not been obeyed, that the-pro­ and the shall be as the case may be, of the premises dollars.

not exceeding twenty-four 68.


(1) The owner or occupier to keep all canals therein weeds, grass or other vegetation or on or under the surface and free from obstruction of any premises free from overgrowth Owner or may be required occupier of any bush, to keep canals free on the banks thereof of bush, etc.

either of the water between such banks, to the flow of water therein.

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(2)Where in any district any canal is breeding or harbouring mosquitoes to breed or harbour or likely growth of bush, weeds, grass or other vegetation banks or on or under the surface or by any obstruction notice authority may by written thereof within a reasonable to free the canal from the overgrowth by reason of the over­ on the the banks in the notice or obstruction.
the local sanitary the owner or occupier to the fl.ow thereof, time to be specified of the water between require either (3)If the owner or occupier refuses or neglects he shall be guilty of an offence, may cause to be done the work thereby to comply and the local with the notice sanitary required expenses authority and may recover in so doing.

incurred from the owner or occupier the (4)In this section or other such channel, "canal" includes or part thereof.

any trench, main drain Regulations.
69.The Board may make regulations or harbouring of mosquitoes, and for the prevention in particular of with the breeding regard to- (a)the oiling of, or otherwise dealing with, latrines, ponds, pits, holes, irregularities, which may cause or allow of in any premises of any the digging of water; depressions pools, swamps, or hoof-marks the accumulation or stagnation earth on any land and the removal the surface the conservancy and the burning of water; and the digging of earth; (b)the regulation thereof; the digging therefrom so as to lower of any pond or reservoir for of borrow pits of public lands whether of like nature; cultivation punts, barges, use or disuse; any collection gardens, formerly trade and industrial and open spaces for, or intended premises; bateau.x, boats, canoes, in and the regulation or prohibition of water.
craft whether of :fishing in parks, under, and similar or pasture; of Provision sufficient water-closet or latrine accommoda­ tion.

Water-closet or latrine acoommoda, tion for houses.

70.Every house shall be provided p ART VIIL-GENERAL SANITARY PROVISIONS.

with sufficient which shall be constructed in ac­ or latrine accommodation cordance with the regulati ons.

water-closet 71.
water-closet 71.

(1) If a house within any district the local sanitary or latrine water-closet written notice within a reasonable sufficient water-closet or latrine.

is without a sufficient shall by authority of the house to provide a call upon the owner or occupier time to be therein specified, Public Health.

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1965 (2)If the notice is not complied with (and notwithstandi ng which have been or are about to be instituted therewith), of the penalty for non-compliance any proceedings for the recovery the local sanitary authority, specified be done and recover by it in so doing: by parate execution in the notice, at the expiration may do the work thereby required of the time the expenses to incurred Provided that where a water-closet is used in common by the inmates of two or more houses, in the opinion of the local or latrine be provided may be so used, the authority need not require one to for each house.
authority sanitary or latrine has been and or, if the water-closet (3)If the owner or occupier refuses or neglects to comply with for the notice he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable dollars twenty-four each default to a penalty not exceeding for every day and to a further during which the default penalty not exceeding continues.

ten dollars 72.
ten dollars 72.

(1) Every local sanitary authority may, and shall when by the Board, provide and maintain situations for the public use as may from time to time be in their district sufficient Provision of water-closets in proper and or latrines for public water-closets use by local sanitary authorities .

so directed convenient or latrines necessary.


(2)Every person who wilfully damages any such public shall be guilty of an offence and the court or latrine water-closet may order that person to pay to the local sanitary authority expense of repairing the reasonable be paid shall be recovered ordered to a judgment under the Summary Jurisdiction Ordinance.

any damage and any sum so as (Petty Debt) in the same manner Cap.

16.

73.
16.

73.

(I) "Where a house is used or intended to be used as a �'ater­ of both sexes are employed la�:::s°r� to be employed at any time in a manufacture, in which persons or business, or building factory or intended industry written the time specified water-closets receptacles therein or latrines for refuse matter.

notice require the local sanitary the owner or occupier to construct for the separate authority of the ho11se within may by a sufficient number of use of each sex, and r trade, factory.
(2)Every person who refuses or neglects to comply with the notice shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable for each default a further which the default and to dollars, for every day during to a penalty not exceeding penalty not exceeding twenty-four continues.

ten dollars 1966 Cap.

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Defecation elsewhere than in water-closet ,ind latrine.
74.Any person house deposits a water-closet parent excreta or defecate or guardian who within human excreta or latrine shall be guilty of a child who permits shall be liable a quarter or defecates anywhere except in of an offence, and the the child so to deposit of a mile of any dwelling­ for the act of such child.

Regulations.

75.The Board may make regulations the type, regulating size, mode of construction and latrines.

and maintenance of water-closets Nuisances.


76.It shall be the duty of every local sanitary authority to cause inspection ascertain if any nuisance of its district exists within its district.

to be made from time to time to lnspection of district by loca.l sanitary .

n,uthori'ty What nuisance may be abated summarily.
of this Ordinance- of such construction to health; or injurious or in such a state as 77.For the purposes ( a)any premises to be a nuisance (b)any street, trench, dust-bin as to be a nuisance (c)any stable, ditch, sink, cistern, pool, borrow pit, gutter, water-closet or latrine, water-course, or manure pit so foul or in such a state or so situated drain, or injurious pig-sty cowshed, to health; or other building in which any animal or animals numbers as to be a nuisance to health; or injurious are kept in such a manner or in such (d)any animal so kept as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; or deposit which is a nuisance or injurious (e)any accumulation to health; (f)any factory, workshop, workplace, school, office, trade not kept in a cleanly as far as as to render harmless, warehouse or other place, or not so ventilated any gases, in the course premises, state, practicable, generated are a nuisance while work is carried the health of those employed sufficient water-closet vapours, of the work carried to health, on as to be dangerous therein, or injurious dust, or other impurities that on therein or so overcrowded or injurious to with or not provided or latrine accommodation; (g)any house, or part of a house, for human habitation so overcrowded health family; of the inmates, whether or other structure as to be injurious used to the or not members of the same (h)any drainage, ing falling to any foreshore into any river, or refuse washings, creek, so as to be a nuisance, trench, pond or ditch or on or injurious of any trade or build­ to health; Public Health.
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1967 (i)any churchyard, or otherwise to health; so crowded or injurious cemetery or burial so conducted ground situated as to be a nuisance, or (j)any :fireplace or furnace the smoke arising and which is used for working dyehouse, able, consume therein, or in any mill, factory, gasworks, ever; or in any manufacturing an engine by steam, bakehouse, brewery, or trade process or whatso­ which does not, as far as practic­ from the combustible used (k)any chllllley or substance as to be a nuisance; a quantity sending forth smoke in such (Z)any cistern, vat or well used for the supply of water for purposes domestic render likely so placed, the water therein liable to cause risk to health; shoot, (m)any gutter, drain, or kept as to constructed, causing to contamination a building condition building; which by reason shall cause damp in such building and stack-pipe of its insufficiency or down-spout of or its defective or in an adjoining or (n)any deposit of material which shall cause damp in such building so as to be dangerous building shall be deemed to be nuisances of this Ordinance: the provisions or injurious liable to health; to be dealt with under or land in or on any building or in any adjoining that- Provided or deposit necessary or manufacture under this section, if (a)the making of any accumulation on of any business as a nuisance carrying for the effectual shall not be punishable it is proved to the satisfaction lation or deposit for the purposes best available to health has not been kept longer of the business thereby; (b)in considering whether of the court that the accumu­ than is necessary and that the or manufacture, means have been taken for preventing injury which any house or part thereof is used also as trade premises, are used also as a house, crowding, such other user; and the court shall have regard or whether is a nuisance any trade premises by reason of over­ to the circumstances of (c)where a person is summoned arising before from a :fireplace in a magistrate or furnace respect of a nuisance which does not consume bustible used therein, trate is satisfied that the the smoke arising from the com­ it shall be a good defence if the magis­ :fireplace or furnace is so constructed 1968 Cap.
145.]

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as far as to consume, nature of the manufacture from, and that the :fireplace attended as practicable or trade), regard to the all smoke arising or furnace has been carefully to by the person having the charge thereof.

(having there­ Notices requiring abatement of nuisance.

Second schedule Form ,A 78.


(I) Where a nuisance exists which is liable on the person by whose act, with under this Ordinance, the local sanitary serve a notice the nuisance arises found, on the owner or occupier of the premises nuisance arises time specified any things default or if such person cannot be on which the him to abate the same within the requiring in the notice, as may be necessary for that purpose.
or continues, and to execute any work and do to be dealt authority may or sufferance (2)The local sanitary authority may also, by the same or notice owner, or and may in the notice served on any occupier, another him to do what is necessary nuisance, ted for that purpose, that the nuisance may for the time being have been abated, if the local sanitary on the same for preventing specify and may serve that notice that it is likely considers authority premises: any works to be execu­ the recurrence to recur of the person, require notwithstanding Provided that- (a)where the nuisance arises construction premises are unoccupied, shall be served on the owner; or any structural or include from any want or defective convenience, a tenement, the notice or where the the nuisance (b)where the person causing and it is clear that the nuisance by the act, default, of the premises, the same without notice and may do what is necessary prevent the recurrence or owner the local sanitary authority may itself abate does not arise or continue of the occupier or sufferance cannot be found, thereof.
to Complaint for non­ compliance with notice.

Second Schedule Form 13.

79.If the person on whom a notice in complying thereof within the time specified, abated since the service of the notice, authority been served makes default quirements although of the local sanitary premises, relating shall thereupon the notice was served to appear before him.
issue a summons requiring the local sanitary to the nuisance authority likely to abate a nuisance has with any of the re­ or if the nuisance, is in the opinion to recur on the same shall cause a complaint to be made before a magistrate, who the person on whom Puhlic Health.

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1969 exists, premises, 80.

(1) If the magistrate or that although is satisfied abated it is likely that the alleged nuisance Order dealing with to recur on the same nuisance.
he shall make an order on the person- (a)to comply �th all or any of th� require�e�ts of _the i��:�� Second or otherwise notice, specified purpose; to abate the mnsance within a time for that in the order, and to do any works necessary or (b)prohibiting the recurrence of the nuisance and directing the execuLion rence; or of any works necessary to prevent its recur­ ( c)both requiring abatement and prohibiting the recurrence of the nuisance: Provided that the magistrate shall not under this section direct the execution exceeds two hundred and forty dollars.
of any works of which the probable cost (2)The magistrate by his order may impose a penalty not exceeding twenty-four dollars is made, and shall also give directions all costs incurred order for abatement up to the time of the hearing or prohibition of the nuisance.

on the person on whom the order as to the payment of or making the proved to exist is such as to O_r�e: of_pro• 81.

(1) vVhere the nuisance d h build.

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d ren er a ouse or a mg, m t e JU gment o t e magistrate, f h unfit for human habitation, that purpose until, purpose.

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h1b1tion m case of house nfit for he may prohibit in his judgment, the use of it for � it is rendered :fit for that h;:f:tion.
(2)On a magistrate that it has been rendered being satisfied he may determine the previous order by fit for that purpose, another date thereof declaring the house or building habitable; and from the the house or building may be let or inhabited.

82.

(1) Every person who does not obey an order to comply of the local sanitary shall be guilty of an offence and shall be Contraven­ tion of order or otherwise of magis­ trate.
authority with the requisitions to abate a nuisance liable, due diligence three dollars if he fails to satisfy Lhe magistrate that he has used all to carry out the order, to a penalty per diem during his default.

not exceeding (2)Every person who knowingly to an order of prohibition ceeding shall be liable per diem during his contrary not ex­ action.
six dollars and wilfully acts contrary to a penalty (3)The local sanitary authority, or any of its officers, may to which an order relates, and abate the enter the premises B.G.-VoL.

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nuisance, and do whatever the order, and may recover authority from the may be necessary the expenses of by the incurred in execution person on whom the order is made.

Appeal against order.

an Cap.

17.

83.


(1) An appeal shall lie to the Sup reme Court from any of a magistrate decision this Ordinance by the provisions Ordinance: and the appeal shall be 80 of making an order under section in all respects (Appeals) of the Summary Jurisdiction regulated Provided that there shall be no appeal against requires an order, the execution it is or includes works.
of structural unless to the Supreme Court or tion order, a prohibi (2)Where any person appeals to the Supreme Court against an order of a magistrate, no liability nor shall any proceedings shall arise, under that order after the appeal has been brought or abandoned.
been determined be taken or work be done until it has to a continuing penalty b (3)W .ere an order is made and a person does not comply and such against it to the Supreme to a penalty the non-compliance with it and appeals appeal is abandoned, not exceeding five dollars with the order.

for each day during the appellant shall be liable Court, Abatement of nuisance pending nppeal.
(4)Where an order made on any person is appealed against, that the to health, injurious will not cause any abatement of the nuisance will be gravely thereof which cannot be compensated the local sanitary but the local sanitary and the court which made the order is of opinion continuance and that the immediate injury may authorise the nuisance, the appeal is successful, and the damages, of such abatement; the local sanitary authority cost of the abatement if any, sustained but if the appeal by the said person is dismissed from the said person.
shall be entitled authority, by damages, authority the court to abate immediately by reason or abandoned, the to recover shall pay the cost of such abatement if it does so, and When ordet may be addressed to local sanita1y authority.
Second Schedule Form D. 84.Where it appears to the satisfaction to be dealt with under this Ordinance that the person by whose act, default, liable or occupier then the order may be addressed by, the local sanitary be executed is not known or cannot be found, to, and if so addressed shall authority.

or sufferance arises of the premises or the owner of the magistrate a nuisance Public Health.

[Cap.

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[Cap.

145.

1971 in abating, Sale of 85.Any matter or thing removed by the local sanitary matter or thing re­ moved in abating.
the to prevent to be dealt with under this and the money by the local sanitary of, a nuisance liable may be sold by public auction; from the sale may be retained or doing what is necessary authority recurrence Ordinance arising authority it with reference shall be paid, on demand, and applied in payment of the expenses to such nuisance, and the surplus incurred (if any) by to the owner of such matter or thing.

86.
86.

{1) The local sanitary authority or any of its officers shall into any premises, be admitted as to the existence the day or in the case of a nuisance business carried arising at any hour when the business is in progress on.

of any nuisance for the purpose thereon in respect of any or is usually Powers of entry of examining by local sanitary authority.
at any time during (2)vVhere under this Ordinance a nuisance or an order of abatement to exist, tained made or has been infringed of its officers shall be admitted or hour aforesaid ordered to be done are completed, until the nuisance is abated, as the case may be.

the local sanitary or any the time or the works into the premises during has been ascer­ or prohibition authority, has been of Cost and expenses execution of provisions relating to nuisances.

87.
(1) All reasonable costs and expenses incurred or in obtaining in giving in relation to a nuisance under this Ordinance any order of or or in making a complaint, it into effect, shall be deemed to be money paid for of the person on whom the order is notice, a magistrate carrying the use and at the request made, or, if the order is made on the local sanitary or if no order is made but the nuisance is proved to have existed then of the given, when the complaint was caused; and in person by whose act or default of the owner of case of nuisances from any premises, but they person who is for the time being owner of the premises, of the premises.
shall not exceed in the whole one year's by caused by the act or default (2)Any costs and expenses those costs and expenses was made or the notice may be recovered under this section recoverable the nuisance rack-rent authority, from an owner of premises may be for the time being of those premises; a local sanitary authority from the occupier recovered and the owner shall allow the occupier which he pays under this enactment to time becoming been actually that- Provided (a)no occupier due in respect of the premises paid to the owner as part of the rent: to deduct any moneys out of the rent from time as if they had to pay any further shall be required than the amount of rent for the time being due from him, B.G.-VoL.
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from him any rent without becomes made to the amount of the costs or expenses) demand of the costs or expenses not to pay his landlord or which (after and after notice first deducting payable by him, unless he refuses, him by the local sanitary amount of his rent and the name and address to whom it is payable; demanded him at the time of the notice, shall lie on him; and (b)nothing from an occupier authority, in this section truly to disclose of the person but the burden of proof tl1at the sum is greater than the rent due by on application between or which has since accrued, the shall affect any contract building, of any house, an owner or occupier whereby it is or may be agreed that the occupier or discharge respect any contract or other property, shall pay in or other property, and tenant.
dues, and sums of money payable or affect of that house, building, whatsoever landlord all rates, between Complaint by private person as to nuisance.

88.
(1) Complaint of a local sanitary or by any inhabitant of the ex­ may be made to a magistrate on any premises by any person of the district, and thereupon like incidents of a nuisance lmder this Ordinance the district thereby, istence within aggrieved any owner of premises within like proceedings consequences appeals, of orders, relating to a nuisance authority: as to making of orders, and otherwise, the and for disobedience shall be had, with the made to a magistrate as in the case of a complaint by the local sanitary the district; authority penalties or by Provided that- ( a)the magistrate may, if he thinks of the summons for an examination the nuisance into those premises purpose of the examination; of a'.ny constable is alleged and may authorise or other person for the to exist, and fit, adjourn of the premises the hearing where the entry (b)the magistrate person to do all necessary under this section, and to recover person on whom the order is made in a summary manner.
or other any constable an order made from the acts for executing may authorise ,the expenses (2)Any constable or other person authorised section shall have the like powers and be subject restrictions authorised under the provisions nuisances, as if he were an officer of the local sanitary of this Ordinance and do any acts thereon.

to enter any premises authority to relating under this to the like Public Health.

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1973 89.Any local sanitary authority, if in its opinion remedy, will not afford an adequate to be taken against the abatement proceedings proceedings Court to enforce or for under this Ordinance, or for the punishment provisions expenses out of the fund or rate applicable hereof relating of and incidental from, of any penalties offending the against to nuisances, and may order the to all those proceedings any person in the Supreme or prohibition by them to general of, any persons the recovery to be paid of a nuisance purposes.
summary Proceedings may cause for abate­ ment of nuisance.

90.

(1) Where a nuisance exists or is likely to occur in or near of the Board, the local sanitary authority a district, the approval in its civil jurisdiction the premises to enforce of that district Court of apply by motion to the Supreme of for an order on the owner or occupier the nuisance or prohibition of the nuisance.

the abatement or on the offender, exists, whereon nuisance.

Special may, with :t�:f!


e�[ on the motion, if satisfied that a nuisance may make any order the circumstances or preventing the nuisance or of a nuisance.

(2)The court, or is likely to occur, for effectually exists require prohibiting (3)The court, abating any recurrence on the motion, a reasonable and specified to abate or prevent thereof, and may direct within effectually recurrence premises the offender sanitary may also order the execution, time, of any works necessary the nuisance or prevent the.
the owner or occupier of the to occur, or is likely on which the nuisance exists or the local to execute those works, or may authorise authority them.
(4)When the local sanitary to execute authority works under the provisions is authorised court to execute any it shall have full power to do so and immediately by parate exists or and all charges authority of this section, to recover, on which the nuisance execution any portion of them, the costs of executing by the local sanitary and expenses the premises in so doing.

incurred against the works by the (5)The Board shall have the powers conferred by this section on the local sanitary authority.
(6)In this section, necessary or destruction.

to be done either the term "works" includes anything by way of construction, alteration, 91.Where a nuisance of a local sanitary caused its district, by some act or default authority under this Ordinance appears committed within to be wholly or taking the district ilings e ·or partially ;f ���s:::!

place without arise� wi�h­ out strict.

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the Board may take or cause to be taken against respect nuisances and consequences took place wholly within of that act or default, by this Ordinance as if the act or default authorised, its district.

with the same were committed incidents or in to any proceedings in relation any person, Where there are two convictions for over­ crowding.
92.Where two convictions against the provis10ns of a house have taken of any to the overcrowding Ordinance relating place within a period of three months (whether convicted application which the house any period of the local sanitary is situate, authority the closing the persons may, on the in of the district for of the house were or were not the same) a magistrate he deems necessary direct .

Application to ships and vessels of provisions relating to nuisances.

of the provisions 93.


(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance lying in any river, of a local sanitary shall be subject to the jurisdiction to nuisances, any ship or vessel or other water within the district relating harbour authority, in the same manner as if it were a house within the district; and any ship or vessel not within the district deemed within the district prescribed then of the local sanitary has been prescribed, district most nearly adjoins lying.
a11thority, shall be of the local sanitary ty authori authori by the Board, and, where no local sanitary ty whose authority is the place where the ship or vessel of a local sanitary of that authority lying in any river, or other water harbour, (2)The master or other officer in charge shall be deemed, owner or occupier for the purpose thereof as the case may be.
of the ship or vessel of those provisions, to be the (3)This section shall not apply to any ship or vessel the command or charge of an officer bearing commission, government.

or to any ship or vessel belonging under Her Majesty's to a foreign Saving of other remedies relating to nuisances.
94.The provisions of this Ordinance relating to nuisances shall be deemed to be in addition affect, any right, remedy, provisions or law: of this Ordinance or proceeding to, and not to abridge under any other or or under any other Ordinance Provided ·that no one shall be punished both under the provisions and under any other law.

of this Ordinance for the same offence relating to nuisances Public Health.

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1975 95.Any person Offensive Trades.


who establishes within the consent the district in writing of any local of the Board, Offensive trades.
without coconut or tallow or offensive authority, soap boiling, skin or hide of blood or offal boiling district business, making, gut scraping fat melting or spinning, dressing thereof, the authority or manufacture, that or treating, oil making, or fat extracting, glue or fellmongering, tanning or fish frying or or dealing, dressing, bedding making, manure manufacturing or coconut oil or acid making, or manufacture, business, to be published in the shall be guilty of an two sanitary or in the case of an urban sanitary any noxious trade, is to say, the trade or business or crushing, bone boiling candle size making, leather curing, chemical boiling which the Board may by resolution Gazette offence and shall be liable hundred and forty dollars thereof; shall be liable day whereon not been any conviction to a penalty in respect of the establishment soap making or refining,* the offence is continued, of the establishment so established to be an offensive or any other trade, not exceeding not exceeding on a business or refining,* and everyone who carries to a penalty ten dollars there has or has in respect dealing, thereof.
declare whether for every trade, or manufacture building authority or place used for Complaint by local an efflu­ causing sanitary by a medical authority of nuisance practitioners, or alleged arising from of that authority, to offensive trade.

of any of the inhabitants by be a of 96.


(I) Where any manufactory, process, business, to a local sanitary or by two medical any trade, vium, is certified officer of health, any eight inhabitants nuisance the district, before whose behalf of the district to the health a magistrate, the authority or injurious shall direct (2)The magistrate that trade is carried on shall inquire who may summon the person by or on into the complaint, him.
and if it complaint to be made to appear before and if it is not shown that the person to him that the manufactory, building or place used as any effluvium which is a of any of the inhabitants of has mmd the or preventing the nuisance or causes to the health is a nuisance, or injurious appears aforesaid nuisance the district, best practicable or counteracting occupier employed of not less than ten dollars and on a second or any subsequent the amount of the penalty double of the premises, by the owner or occupier, means for abating the effluvium, the offender, or being a foreman being the owner or or other person shall be liable to a penalty and not more than twenty dollars, conviction to a penalty for the last preceding imposed of *Added by Notice No.
792 in the Gazette of the 30th November, 1935.

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conviction; but the highest any case exceed the sum of :five hundred amount of the penalty dollars: shall not in that the person complained of undertakes to Provided that the magistrate may suspend his :final determina­ a reasonable tion on condition adopt, within deems to be practicable and are ordered for abating the nuisance jurious of the effiuvium.
effects time, such means as the magistrate or mitigating or preventing to be carried into effect, the in­ (3)Any local sanitary may, if it thinks fit, on the authority in this section, mentioned certificate proceedings in any court of justice, respect of the matters alleged in cause to be taken any in the certificate.

or against any person, Proceedings where nuisance arises from offensive trade carried on without district.
97.Where any building, manufactory, in or place, certified or section to be a nuisance without the district, pursuance of the last preceding injurious to the health is situate the approval proceedings alleged quences within of the Board may take, or by that section in the certificate, as if the building, the district.
of any of the inhabitants the local sanitary with any cause to be taken, of any district authority in respect authorised with the same incidents manufactory of the matters and conse­ were situate or place, Regulations.

98.The Board may make regulations governing and the places lawfully diminish public health.
in which offensive trades established the o:ff ensiveness may be carried of the trades the conditions or herea�er heretofore on in order to prevent or the and to safeguard Power to inspect articles of food.

99.Any Medical medical practitioner, Unsound Food.
Officer of Health, or any person authorised times inspect authority, officer of a local sanitary by the Board may at all reasonable any article, solid or liquid, or part thereof, intended sale, or sold, or deposited or of preparation purpose of sale, and intended proof that the article, or live animal, for sale, or in course for for human consumption, exposed of sale, in any place for the purpose for the of transmission and the for human consumption, and examine or dead animal or any live animal, or dead animal or part or so in course for human and if the article, or was not intended shall rest with the party charged; of transmission for that purpose consumption, solid or liquid, thereof, Medical intended Officer of Health.
or any live animal, or dead animal or part for human consumption, to the appears medical practitioner, officer of a local ·thereof, was not so exposed or sold or deposited Public Health.

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1977 authority or any person authorised by the Board, to sanitary be diseased, sumption, assistant unsound, unwholesome, he may seize it and carry it away himself or unfit for human con­ or by an of the peace.
in order to have it dealt with by a justice or unfit for human consumption, or dead animal or of unsound unsound, consumption, 100.
(I) If it appears solid or liquid, intended to the 1·ustice or any live animal, for human of the peace that any Order for destruction so seized is ar�icle or authority for sale or used for human consumption; article, part thereof, unwholesome diseased, he shall condemn it and order it to be destroyed, of by the local sanitary exposed to whom it belongs, sale, or in whose possession s'hall on summary conviction fifty dollars exceeding live animal, consumption, penalty term not exceeding thereof for every article, to a penalty not or any solid or liquid, for human intended the infliction of a hard labour for any or without with or without or so disposed it from being and the person or did belong at the time of exposure or dead animal or part thereof, or on whose premises to imprisonment so condemned, as to prevent three months.
it was found, be liable for ammal.

(2)The local sanitary to whom such article, or did belong, animal, article, the cost of removing or part of an animal.
authority or animal, may recover or part of an animal belongs from the person and destroying any such 101.Every person who- any Medical Officer of Health, and inspecting officer of a local sanitary ( a)in any manner prevents medical practitioner, any person authorised premises live animal, exposed human consumption, sale, or of preparation for the purposes or Hindering inspection.
authority, or by the Board, from entering any or any any article, solid or liquid, for of transmission for human consumption; or deposited for sale, or in course of of sale, and intended for the purpose or dead animal or part thereof, intended (b)obstructs or impedes practitioner medical authorised provisions as aforesaid, of this Ordinance, when c.arrying that Medical Officer of Health, or any person into execution the or officer, or his assistant, not exceeding one hundred shall be liable to a penalty 102.
(I) On complaint f H 1 h di 1 o eat , me ca pract1t10ner, authority, may grant to him a warrant or any person authorised made upon oath by a Medical .

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ffi f l l ·t warrant for an o cer o a oca sarn ary purposes of inspection.

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solid any article, there is kept or concealed or dead animal or part thereof, to believe or any live animal, for human consumption, has reason or liquid, intended for human consumption or unfit for human consumption carry away that article, to have it dealt with by a justice visions of this Ordinance.
or animal, and is diseased, which is intended unsound, for sale unwholesome, and and to search for, seize, or part of an animal, in order of the peace under the pro­ for Penalty .

obstruction (2)Every person who obstructs any Medical officer of a local sanitary practitioner, medical person authorised under the warrant shall punishment exceeding to which he may be subject dollars.
one hundred be liable, in addition to not to a penalty by the Board, in the performance of his duty any other Officer of Health, authority or any Precautions con­ against tamination of food in­ tended for sale.

103.

(1) This section applies to any room iri which food is prepared for sale, or in which any food, other tban food contained in receptacles is sold or is stored or kept with a view to future all risk of contamination, as to exclude so closed sale.
(2)The occupier of any room to which this section shall not permit the room to be used for the purpose preparing, storing, or keeping requirements with, that is to say- applies of selling, any food unless the following are complied (a)no water-closet or latrine shall be in the room, or shall communicate offensive (b)no cistern directly therewith, or shall be so placed that odours therefrom can penetrate to the room; for the supply of water to the room shall be into any with or discharge directly in direct communication water-closet (c)no outlet for the ventilat or latrine; ion of any drain shall be in the room, and if there is in the room any inlet or opening into any drain, shall be efficiently that inlet or opening trapped; (d)the room shall not be used as a sleeping-place, and no sleeping-place directly such manner as to cause unreasonable to food in the room; and shall communicate with the room in risk of contamination (e)the room shall, except in the case of a room used as a cold store, be adequately ventilated.
(3)The occupier of any room to which this section applies shall- (a)cause the walls and ceiling of the room to be painted or lime washed and cleansed necessary to keep them in a clean state; as often as may be and or purified, Public Health.

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1979 (b)prevent any unnecessary of accumulation or deposit refuse or :filth in the room.

(4)The occupier of any room to which this section applies engaged and every person steps as may be reasonably risk of contamination cleanliness therein.
utensils of the room and of all articles, to food in the room and to secure the and apparatus, in any such room shall take all such necessary on his part to prevent (5)The Medical Officer of Health, sanitary authority inspector, and any duly authorised in have power at all in that behalf, shall other officer of a local sanitary writing by the authority reasonable section applies provisions for the purpose of this section are complied with.
times to enter and inspect any room to which this the of ascertaining whether (6)If any person acts in contravention of or fails or hinders of this section, or obstructs of his in the exercise authority to a penalty he shall be liable to comply for the :first offence or not exceeding with any of the provisions an officer of a local sanitary powers or d-q.ties under this section, not exceeding twenty-four case to a daily penalty (7)In this section for any subsequent not exceeding the expression- every article " food " includes :five dollars dollars used for human consumption offence and in either :five dollars.
into or is used in the composition and any article which ordinarily or preparation of and condiments; matters any shop, shed, store, or outbuilding, other than drugs or water, enters food, and flavouring " room " includes cellar.

104.The Board may make regulations to be taken for the prevention from the importation, with respect to of danger arising preparation, and storage, other than drugs or of food or drink, of articles to the Regulations.
measures public health distribution water, intended regulations samples destruction for sale for human consumption, and such and taking of condemnation for the examination and the seizure, and of any such articles; may provide of any such articles found to be unsound.

Markets and Slaughter-houses.

105.No market or slaughter-house the consent of the Board previously shall be established without �;!!

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markets subject and slaughter-houses shall for sanitary purposes be to the control of the local sanitary authority .

Animals to be slaughtered in slaughter­ house if within reasonable distance.

106.
106.

(I) It shall not be lawful for human consumption for any person to slaughter any in any place in a except in a slaughter-house established as aforesaid: animal intended district Provided that the slaughtering of animals other than in a slaughter-house where no slaughter-house is situated may be permitted by the local sanitary within a reason­ at places authority able distance.
(2)It shall not be lawful for any person to slaughter any animal intended for human consumption been examined, inspected Health or a sanitary inspector.

and passed by a Medical such animal has Officer of unless (3)In this section "animal" does not include a bird or any animal the whole or any portion sale for human consumption.

of which is not intended for (4)Any person who contravenes of an o:ff ence.

shall be guilty the provisions of this section Regulations.
107.The Board may make regulations of markets of the sanitation with respect to the and slaughter­ control houses and in particular with regard to- and regulation ( a)the registration registration; thereof and the cancellation of such mode of construction, and quality of the water supply; and other noxious (b)the site, the sufficiency and disposal cleanliness cluding vision of sufficient water-closets and the surroundings of the exterior and interior fittings, of refuse the general material; of the building, in­ and the pro­ thereof; and drainage; the collection ventilation (c)dealing (d)with respect with stray animals to markets, the prohibition of the sale of or latrines; found therein; and fresh meat and such other articles to time be determined, and within such specified by resolution be determined, the Gazette; and of food as may from time of the Board to be published in area as may ( e)with respect brought of animals and the transport to slaughter-houses the feeding and for preventing therein of animals the:veto.
and watering cruelty therein; Public Health.

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1981 Verminous Premises, etc.

108.

(1) Where any premises used for human habitation Infes�ed pre=ses.

are infested with vermin, the local sanitary of such other steps as the local sanitary or removing of destroying authority vermin.
notice to the owner or occupier of him within a period (such period not days) specified in the notice to cleanse may require or other covering among other things on the walls, within a district may give written authority the premises requiring being less than fourteen the premises, the removal and the taking may require and the notice of the wall-paper for the purposes (2)If the person on whom a notice specified in the notice under this section is to comply to a penalty thereof, dollars of such period, he shall be liable and the local sanitary itself proceed and recover by the notice, to carry the reasonable authority twenty-four the period within served fails with the requirements not exceeding may, after the expiration out the work required costs and expenses (3)If any person, incurred upon whom a notice aggrieved is served under this Appeal.
by the requirements section, notice, notice, shall be binding deems himself he may within fourteen appeal of the of the days after the service and any order made by the court on all parties.

to a magistrate, and conclusive by it from that person.

(4)No proceeding shall be taken by the local sanitary authority, executed appeal.
and no liability to a penalty shall arise, until after the determination or abandonment or work of the (5)If a person fails to comply with the provisions to verminous of an unless he shall, that he has used all due diligence to premises, the magistrate he be liable to a penalty not exceeding five knowingly and if a person order with respect satisfies carry out such order, dollars and wilfully to a penalty contrary enter the premises whatever recover from that person.
action; for each day during his default; to such an order, ten dollars acts contrary not exceeding moreover, may be necessary may the local sanitary to which a summary order relates and do and of such order, in execution by them incurred costs and expenses authority the reasonable for each day during such he shall be liable 109.

(1) Upon the application of any person authority necessary may, if it thinks to free that person fit, take such measures the local sanitary On pe_rson as may be :!
!/[: :; local and his clothing from vermin.

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Local sanitary authority on report from Medical Officer of Health may disinfest person.
authority, on a or the that any person with vermin and that person of any person is infested to the local sanitary Officer of Health, to a cleansing may cause him to be removed then a justice of the local sanitary (2)·where it appears from the Medical report clothing consents to be removed authority if he does not so consent on the application necessary an order for his removal detention therein as may be specified shall take such measures to free him and his clothing in the order, that he or his clothing should to a cleansing for such period and subject from vermin.
station, the local sanitary of the peace, to such station, and, if satisfied that it is may make station and for his authority be cleansed, and the local sanitary authority be necessary as may, in its opinion, to such conditions of Consent person under 16.

(3)Any consent required to be given for the purpose of this may, in the case of a person under the age of sixteen be given either by himself or on his behalf by his parent section years, or guardian.

Cleansing of females.


( 4)The cleansing a medical of females practitioner under this section shall be effected or by a woman duly authorised only by by the Medical Officer of Health.

(5)Any person who wilfully disobeys tion of an order under this section offence.

or obstructs shall be guilty of an the execu­ Cleansing .

stations 110.
stations 110.

(1) Any local sanitary authority and atten­ apparatus cleansing of their powers under may, with the approval stations, of the Board, provide dants as may be necessary this Part of this Ordinance, with any other local sanitary cleansing stations, apparatus for the exercise and may with like approval contract of for the provision authority or attendants.

Combining by two or more loca,l sanitary authorities.
(2)Any two or more such local sanitary authorities of the Board, by agreement combine with the approval of the purposes may provide the apportionment matters which may be necessary into effect.

of this Part of this Ordinance, for the appointment of the expenses, for carrying of a joint committee for and for any other and the agreement the combination may, for any Regulations.

to the 111.The Board may make regulations with respect management and control of cleansing stations.

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1983 PART IX.-THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS, SCAVENGING AND CLEANSING.

112.

(1) The owner or occupier times keep his premises garbage, refuse, w a soever of any premises pier clean and free from house and garden �� ���; and filth of any kind, and all other refuse ·ses p re= ee om fr fr refuse, etc.

w et er o ens1ve shall at all Owner or not.

h t (2)If any owner or occupier h h ff .


fails as aforesaid, and free from all refuse offence, required and the local sanitary and recover the expenses to keep his premises clean of an he shall be guilty authority may do the work from the owner or occupier.
113.Any local sanitary for the efficient district, or any specified execution authority of the following may undertake services or contract within its sanitary Power of local authority to provide part thereof- of house refuse from �1 and other rubbish r r�1:�� al {l) the.
removal any prennses; (2)the supply or sale of disinfectants for use in water­ closets or latrines thereof; (3)the cleansing or disinfection and disinfecting or parts of buildings, of water-closets and the collection, or .removal thereof, latrines, and disposal the cleansing dust-bins of nightsoil; and drains, (4)the sweeping, (5)the provision and maintenance and watering in sanitary of highways; cleansing condition for the deposit of or suitable destruction places, buildings rubbish of refuse, and appliances and nightsoil.
114.

(1) All refuse, rubbish, nightsoil, and waste matter in the execution of any of the services sections mentioned, authority or its con­ or powers in the shall be destroyed, sold Disposal refuse, etc., by local sanitary authority.

of by a local sanitary or removed collected tractor, last two preceding or otherwise thinks fit.

authority disposed of in such manner as the local sanitary {2) All moneys derived therefrom shall form part of the funds of the local sanitary authority.
any accumulation of manure, (3) Wb.ere in any district soil or filth or other offensive authority the local sanitary whom the same b_elongs, on it exists, plied with within twenty-four or noxious shall give notice or to the occupier to remove the same; and if such notice is not com- hours from the service thereof, to the person to where- of the premises matter is a nuisance, dung, Removal of filth, etc.

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dung, soil or filth or matter referred to shall be of by the local sanitary shall be applied in payment of this sub­ (if any) shall be paid on demand to the by it in the execution the manure, vested in and be sold or disposed authority, and the proceeds of the expenses section; and the surplus owner of the matter removed.

of removal (4)The expenses incurred thereof of any such accumulation, by the sale thereof, authority or from the occupier from the owner.
occupier) by the local sanitary authority if and so far as they are not covered may be recovered by the local sanitary from the person to whom the accumulation belongs, of the premises, or (where there is no of Throwing dead animal into street, etc.

115.
115.

(I) No dead animal, garbage matter shall be thrown or placed or allowed offal, swill, brine, offensive or fall on any street, any river, creek, footway, drain, trench, (2)No dead anirp_ al, offal, garbage, be thrown into any water-closet (3)Any person contravening dam or other public pond or watercourse.

or putrid flesh or :fish shall or latrine.

the provisions of this section or other to fl.ow or in place, shall be guilty of an offence.
116.Any local sanitary authority may provide within its district such public from time to time as may be necessary.

dust-bins, lavatories, baths and wash-houses of Provision public lavatories, etc., by local sanitary authority.

Regulations.
Regulations.

117.Where any local sanitary authority does not itself or contract undertake or drains dust-bins, refuse, rubbish, ways or pavements, on the owner or occupier doing such service as are prescri belonging for the service of cleansing house removing foot­ or cleansing imposing the Board may make regulations to any premises, nightsoil from any premises, latrines, of such premises in such manner and at such regular the duty of effectually intervals bed by such regulations.

Regulations.
118.The Board may make regulations - of dust, :filth, ashes and of owners or occupiers the accumulation and the duties prescribing (a)for preventing on premises, refuse thereto; with regard or movable of dust-bins by owners or occupiers of premises the times at which, such dust-bins deposited local sanitary for facilitating authority; the removal and regulating receptacles for refuse and the places where, and shall be or receptacles by the of their contents of owners the duties and make to be provided the size, material, Public Health.
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1985 or occupiers the removal in connection of it by the scavenger; with house refuse, and to facilitate (b)regulating the keeping any area within or preventing of swine and other animals which they may not be kept; of animals where the and prescribing regulating keeping is or is likely construction, byr es, styes, to be a nuisance; drainage, and the disposal of them although the keeping not otherwise cleanliness and regulating the situation, pens, and use of stables, by law, prohibited of manure; (c)prescribing the time for the removal matter of any frecal or offensive shall be in course of removal a district; or through or carriage or liquid, through whether or carriage that shall be used therefor the escape the cleansing providing so as to prevent and compelling cart or carriage receptacle, constructed or liquid or without highways such matter from within the vessel, properly of any such matter or liquid; of any place wherein dropped or spilt that no person removing a permit frecal or offensive from the local sanitary and covered such matter or liquid in such removal shall engage in the business liquid or carriage; or matter except with shall have been and prescribing or of carrying authority; (d)prohibiting, restricting or regulating of carts drawn by animals and the duties of owners or drivers the watering, rest­ on public in thereof places ing or stopping highways, relation to the sanitation of such places; and (e)regulating dust-bins, lavatories, baths and the use and effectual sanitation wash-houses.
of public PART X.-SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.

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storing, conducting, 119.

(1) No system shall be constructed .

receiving, posmg of sewage without system for the purposes systems, existing and Water Commissioners, control the approval aforesaid of Sanitary for the purposes distributing or dis-control of d sewerage of the Board; an any works.

when established, and all Sewerage to the sanitary disinfecting, in the Georgetown shall be subject save that vested of the Board.
(2)Where any local sanitary department of any system constructed authority to the satisfaction has established a of the Board the for these purposes be vested in the local sanitary save as aforesaid, health public sanitary shall, authority.

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Sanitary control of drainage works.

120.


(1) No works shall be constructed storing, conducting, or surplus water unless therewith purposes of receiving, disposing of surface ments in connection satisfaction the purposes save those administered of any Ordinance, local sanitary of the local sanitary aforesaid by or vested shall be subject authority.
for any or all of the or the sanitary require­ with to the and such works for and all existing works in any authority by virtue control of the to the sanitary when established, are complied authority distributing (2)In this section drains, culverts, bridges, " works " includes stops-off, sluices dams, trenches, and kokers.

main Buildings to be pro­ vided with sufficient drains.
121.Every building shall be provided with sufficient and proper drains for the carrying satisfaction who fails to provide water to the of the local sanitary authority, and every person of an offence.

off of surplus shall be guilty such drains 0 bligations of owner or occupier to drain lots.
122.The owner or occupier of every lot shall effectually drain the lot and for that purpose shall- ( I)make such dams and drains on the lot as may be drainage thereof; necessary for the effectual (2)level the surface of the lot; (3)adjust the surface (a)that the water received drains without obstruction; thereof, in such manner- on the lot may flow into the (b)that no water shall remain on any portion of the surface of the lot: Provided that any owner may, with the consent of the local sanitary authority, have a pond on the lot.
Notice by local sanitary authority to drain lots.

123.

(1) Where any lot is not effectually drained, the local require the owner on the lot, or if there notice, by a written sanitary authority shall, or occupier of the lot or of any building are more owners or occupiers owners or occupiers, specified this Ordinance the lot.
on the owner or occupier a reasonable time to be all or any of the obligations imposed by for effectually than one, any one or more of such in the notice, to perform, within draining (2)If any owner or occupier any act required to perform an offence and the to be done and may recover from the owner or occupier.

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19.87 (3)Where there is no occupier the local sanitary specified the expenses in the notice, incurred not be found, of the period and recover the lot.
and the owner of any lot can­ authority, after the expiration may do the work required execution against by parate 124.The Board may make regulations sanitary of receiving, control conducting, (a)the effectual for the purpose distributing Georgetown or disposing Sewerage of sewage, storing, save that vested in the and Water Commissioners; with respect to- Regulations.
of any system constructed disinfecting, (b)the number, position, length, on any l9t, the materials depth and width of all of which they are to be the mode of their construction, and the manner drains constructed, of their discharge (c)imposing into the main drain; on the owner of the lot, or on the occupier of thereon the lot or of any building drains on or adjoining from obstruction; there is to be one drain common to two adjoining lots.
Such regulations the the duty of keeping and free (if any) in what instances the lot clean and wholesome and determining part may apply to the whole or any specified of any local sanitary authority.

of the district PART XL-WATER SUPPLY.

125.

(1) No system shall be constructed Sanitary for the purposes of control and distributing of of water supply.
purposes storing, drinking conducting, disinfecting receiving, any water used by man for or for manufacturing the approval aforesaid administered Ordinance direction by or vested in any authority to the sanitary when established, and all existing shall be subject of the Board.
or for domestic systems, by virtue supervision save any of any and of the Board; and such system for the purposes food or drink for the use of man without (2)Where any local sanitary department has established authority a of the Board the to the satisfaction control of any system constructed for these purposes save as aforesaid, be vested in the local sanitary authority.
health public sanitary shall, 126.Any local sanitary authority may, and shall when so that with respect to a par­ Prescribed s of quantitie rain water.

by the Board, give notice required ticular building plantation, storage area to be named in such notice, not being on a plantation, the owner of every and the owner of every shall erect and maintain of rain water, and capable in good order tanks for the of storing the quantity of B.G.-VOL.

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water prescribed referred to as the prescribed quantity, local sanitary authority wholesome fresh water available under the provisions unless of this Ordinance and the of for the premises.

he can satisfy that there is a sufficient supply Failure to erect and mafotain tanks.

127.

(1) Every owner of any building or plantation required under this Ordinance to erect a tank capable water, or who fails guilty of an offence.
to erect and maintain the prescribed of such tank in good order, a tank, who fails quantity shall be of storing to maintain (2)In any proceeding any person the burden of proving that a tank capable cribed quantity in good order, has been erected, shall be on the person under this section, of storing or that such tank is maintained proceeded against.
against the pres­ (3)This section situated within Board a sufficient and potable shall not apply to any building which is in which there is in the opinion of the water supply.

pipe-borne a district Notice to erect and maintain tanks.

128.
128.

(1) When there has been any failure to erect or maintain under this Ordinance to be erected or main­ and whether proceedings any tank required tained, for the recovery sanitary authority may by a written within of storing be necessary the prescribed quantity, a reasonable of any penalty time therein to get the tank in good order.
notice, specified, for such failure, require the local the owner, to erect a tank capable or to do such work as may have been or are to be instituted (2)If such notice is not complied authority may, at the expiration notice, erect such tank or do the work specified and may recover from the owner the expenses in so doing.

with, the local sanitary of the time specified in the in such notice, incurred by it Erection and main­ tenance of tanks by local sanitary authority.
129 .. Every local sanitary by the Board, and reservoirs sell the water so stored shall construct for the storage may, and when required the necessary tanks authority and maintain of rain or fresh water, the free use thereof.

or permit and may Use by local sanitary authority of roof of building collect for tank.

water to 130.
water to 130.

(1) A local sanitary may, for the putpose of and storing collecting any church, chapel, entertainment , within thereby authority, authority attach rain water, or school, its district, gutters or any building to the roof of used for public by pipes to tanks or reservoirs there is a tank connected unless with the church, and convey the water collected maintained by the Public H'ealth.

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1989 chapel, gallons covered school or building, of water for every square foot by the roof thereof.
size to contain five of the horizontal area of sufficient (2)The officers of any local sanitary authority school or building, times enter on the lands whereon reasonable and chapel, and lay may erect tanks thereon, down pipes over, or on, or under that land, and may at all and repair the times enter on the land and examine reasonable tanks, gutters and pipes: or on the land used therewith, and may so attach gutters may at all is the church, Provided belonging control sanitary to do so.
to or under the control that, before proceeding of the church, authority chapel, shall apply to a magistrate to erect any tank on land of the persons school or building, having the .
the local for permission having afforded {3) The magistrate, after full those persons of being heard, is hereby required unless it is proved to his satisfaction to grant the that the will cause an injury to the persons of the land which cannot be by money; and if the magistrate considers that a by the to those persons opportunity permission, of the permission granting owning or having the control compensated injury substantial erection determine authority to the local sanitary that that sum be paid; a,nd the local sanitary not commence of the tank, but can be compensated to erect the tank until it is paid.
will be occasioned and thereupon authority what sum ought to be paid by the local sanitary to the persons, shall grant permission to erect the tank on condition in money, he shall shall authority (4)No permission shall be required to attach the gutters or lay down the pipes.
be placed by a local sanitary of this section on any land belonging authority (5)No tank shall under the provisions under the control of the persons within chapel, or building, chapel, the church, of those persons, bo�d to place the pipes require.
or building except school and the local sanitary school one hundred underground having the control and fifty feet of with the consent to or of a church, authority shall be if those persons so {6) Every one who obstructs shall be liable an officer entering to a penalty not exceeding �m0;;, as aforesaid P��altyJo r 0 mg for any such purpose twenty-four dollars.

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or Persons fouling, wasting damaging 1vater or receptacles for contain­ ing water.
131.Every person who- ( a)wilfully fouls or wastes or artesian well, tank or reservoir; (b)wilfully damages any artesian or other well, tank or any water in or flowing from any reservoir, or any guttering, or pump or other :fittings and erections pipe, cover, platform, roof, tap therewith, be ordered aggrieved connected in addition, to pay to the person or persons one hundred of an offence; and shall, shall be guilty by the magistrate such sum not exceeding of compensation magistrate to pay to such person and such cost shall be ascertained magistra te; and all sums so ordered in the same ·manner as the penalty.
may consider for so fouling adequate, or persons or wasting and, in the case of damage, the cost of repairing the same, and determined by the to be paid may be recovered and fifty dollars, by way such water as the Penalty for pollu­ ting water supplies.
132.Every person who- (a)bathes, washes clothes, or any other article utensils defiles or pollutes or any artesian lake, pond or or part of the water supply of a district fresh water canal, fouls, animal in, or otherwise or other well, watercourse, reservoir forming part thereof; or (b)permits or suffers drainage or refuse to flow into or be deposited from his land or in such well, water­ fresh water canal, lake, pond or reservoir, premises course, shall be guilty of an offence.
Prohibition of use of con­ taminated water supply by local sanitary authority.

133.

(1) Where in the opinion of the Board on representations authority or domestic made by a local sanitary fresh water trench, drinking some or unfit for such purposes, published in the Gazette and posted such trench, canal, such water for such purposes the notice, water for drinking or domestic specified in the notice.
the water contained in any canal, pond or other reservoir used for purposes has become dangerous, unwhole­ the Board may by notice to be at conspicuous points along the use of to be specified in person to use such during a period for any purposes pond or other reservoir, and it shall not be lawful during such period prohibit (2)Any p<?rson section posted as aforesaid or wilfully obliterates, of an offence.
shall be guilty who contravenes damages, any of the provisions or destroys of this any notice Definition of tank.

(3) In this Part of ·this Ordinance, the expression "tank" includes made of wood, metal, any receptacle, whether movable brick, concrete stone, or fixed, and whether or other material.

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1991 134.The Board may make regulations- Regulations.

(a)for prescribing the quantity of rain water required to of section 126 of this Ordinance.
·be stored (b) for prescribing under the provisions the type, size, of receptacles maintenance ( c) for the cleaning for the storage of tanks for the storage and and mode of construction of rain water; of rain water pre­ to the roofs of of this Ordinance; the size and method of connecting under the provisions constructed scribing the gutters drawing and regulating reservoir off water, and pipes of such tanks, the apparatus for and the means for discharging the overflow; tank or the issue of water from any public or on a plantation.
PART XII.-HousrnG AND DrsTRICT PLANNING.

Land laid out for building purposes.

135.

(I) If the owner of any land desires lots to any person to sell, rent or lease, for any or persons to lay it out for building to be prepared, which, purposes, Procedure by owner of land.
shall be prepared the Board, showing if the Board by a sworn the mode in the land, the streets, roads, and laid before case so directs, grant the same in separate purpose or desires whatever, he must cause a plan thereof in any particular land surveyor which it is proposed and means of access age thereof, made in the plan appearing the Board shall issue a certificate signed the plan is finally approved.
(2)Where the owner desires to subdivide and the Board may require any alteration to each lot, and the provision to it expedient or necessary, for the drain­ to be and when by the secretary to transport any land aforesaid the plan as approved and every transport by the Board in the of the land, or portion or sold, shall be passed in -accordance with the plan he must deposit Deeds Registry, lot thereof and not otherwise.
(3)The Registrar land aforesaid, deposited the secretary each lot have been provided the Board.
shall not advertise nor shall it be transported, the transport until the owner has by and also a certificate signed to, and the of, drainage of on the plan to the satisfaction the plan as aforesaid means of access that the of any (4)No building operations by any person until shall be on any land aforesaid such works as specified in the shall have been executed by the by signed of the Board by a certificate commenced plan approved owner to the satisfaction the secretary.

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( 5)No lot of land situate within the limits defined in the plan hereinbefore required subdivided into less portions than quarter lots to be not less than twenty square roods.
aforesaid, as to be approved, shall be lots, those quarter or commences or acts in any way contrary to do any of the acts opera­ rents or grants any land as or by any means whatever, leases, whatever, or attempts builds (6)If the owner sells, aforesaid for any purpose passes transport thereof, aforesaid, or if any person.
tions on any such land, until the provisions have been obeyed, he shall for every offence be liable to forfeit a penalty not exceeding dollars; and the magistrate may order any building on the land in contrave to be removed forthwith and if the owner cannot -be found or makes default in the execution of such order the Board may cause to be taken do�n such building, and may recover incurred doing from the owner thereof.
building of this section to those provisions or other erection placed on summary conviction ntion of this section the expenses five hundred in so Appeal Cap.

17. shall lie from any decision of a magistrate under to the Supreme Court, and the appeal shall be ·(7) An appeal this section regulated Jurisdiction in all respects (Appeals) Ordinance.

by the provisions of the Summary Erection of building.

136.
136.

(1) No building shall be erected, altered or enlarged any person without local sanitary authori the previous ty.

approval in writing by of the (2)No house shall be erected on any land by any person and until such land has been freed from bush, the surface or levelled taken for the drainage and such measures of unless raised such land as may be required local sanitary authority.

by and to the satisfaction of the (3)No building embankment the permission railway without , road, parapet, of the Board.
shall be erected by any person on any dam, street or public footway, (4)Every person who does or causes or wilfully permits to shall be guilty tion of this section and the magistrate of this section be done any act in contraven of an offence; in contravention if the owner cannot be found or makes default in the execution of such order the Board may cause to be taken down such buildings, from the owner thereof.
may order any building to be taken down, and and may recover the expenses forthwith incurred in so doing erected Public Health.

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1993 (5") An appeal shall lie from any decision of a magistrate under Appeal.

to the Supreme Court, and the appeal shall be this section regulated Jurisdiction in all respects (Appeals) Ordinance.

by the provisions of the Summary Cap.

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137.It shall not be lawful to convert h · · · we ng ouse wit out t e pernnss10n d lli h · h any structure into a Conversion · · m wr1tmg o e oar .

into a dwell- f th B d of structure 138.

{I) If any building or structure is in a ruinous state, to persons, the local sanitary or to the occupiers authority ��� t:1!
:� s cause to be taken to be served on the owner of the building !°�� or of the neighbouring shall immediately dangerous buildings, a notice in writing requiring building him forthwith to take down, secure, or repair the secure.

within the time specified in the notice.

ing house.
ing house.

or Ruinous or structure of the building as the nature of the case demands and as required (2)If the owner does not comply with the notice or complete or repairs, the local sanitary authority the taking down, securing, as speedily by the notice, enter upon the lands whereon it stands and take it down, or and rebuild, as is deemed necessary.
(3)The local sanitary or otherwise secure it, as the case demands may, by its officers, repair, autho.rity or structure, down from a building it on the lot or land on which it stands.
taken may store any material to or used in any repairs (4)All the charges and expenses incurred by a local sanitary against and the and in the name of the local securing in carrying repairing, (if any) thereon, (5)If any building out any of the acts of taking down, a building or otherwise to be done, or as the case may be, and as aforeprovided by parate or summary execution authority rebuilding, structure, shall be recoverable the lot or land with the buildings process sanitary shall be at the instance authority aforesaid, the local sanitary or so much of it as shall be of sale in payment of the and of the district.
or structure virtue of the powers aforesaid, may sell the materials pulled .down, and apply the proceeds expenses the loc_al sanitary authority shall overptus arising structure; materials remedies expenses of the sale as are by this section payment of the whole of those expenses.
but the local sanitary for the purposes for compelling as remains due after the application or it sells the shall have the same the payment of so much of the said authority aforesaid, of the building be pulled down by in respect although incurred thereof, given to it for compelling or structure; of the proceeds the from the sale to the owner of the building authority on demand restore any 1994 Cap.

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Proximity buildings.

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{I) Where any building not used for human habitation, ventilation of its proximity by reason stops or impedes to make such other building dangerous or injurious or of neighbouring by written down and remove the same within the notice.
buildings, require to the health notice to any other building on such lot or otherwise makes or conduces unfit for human habitation thereof of the occupants or the local sanitary may the owner of such building to take in a time to be specified authority to comply with any notice (2)Where the owner fails this section of an offence he shall be guilty authority may cause the work thereby may recover from the owner the expenses and the local sanitary to be done and in so doing.
incurred required under Planning schemes.

140.
(I) On representation made to the Board by any local that any area within its district drainage, and bad arrangement of the defective closeness to the deficient appears authority by reason the narrowness, dams, and buildings, sanitary the authority water supply, of the streets, to be dangerous and that the most satisfactory sanitary scheme, and generally if they deem fit cause inspection defects for the removal for the imp rovement or injurious is a scheme, hereinafter method of dealing with such to as a planning defects referred of such sanitary of the area, the Board may or correction of the area to be made.
or any other sanitary , defects of the inhabitants, to the health of the truth of such representation (2)On being satisfied Board may by resolution declare area and may cause a planning that the area is an unhealthy scheme to be prepared.
the (3)A planning (a)laying streets and dams; scheme may provide out of land including for- the provision of roads, (b)adequate drainage and the supply of water for domestic purposes; (c)division of an area into residential, and industrial areas; agricultural position, (d)site, (e)the regulation (j)provision grounds; and class and distribution of trades of buildings; and industries; of parks, public gardens and recreation Regulations: planning schemes.
(g)generally the sanitation and welfare the health (4)The Board may make regulations of the inhabitants effect of any or all of the provisions section.

for the carrying into (3) of this in ·subsection of any area and and amenities thereof.

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to the !
and in particular and sanitary control erection with regard to- ( a)the procedure to building applications; in respect of plans; including the submission (b)the ventilation to secure of and the sufficiency a free circulation of space about the and of air; the closing the position are situate; of lots on which buildings buildings fencing of buildings buildings lot, canal, alignment on a lot; the distance on the lot and the total area covered by any of the from any boundary and the main drain or other building; trench, of buildings; (c)the materials to be used, and the mode of construction; of the floor of the building the height height of each storey, minimum size of each room; the window space in relation to the area of the floor; and the regulation and down pipes; the above the ground, the and the height of the walls; of eaves-gutterings (d)the sanitary fittings and system of sewage disposal; animals, for the storage and the distance of proper vats, barrels of water; the keeping of any stable, water supply and the provision other receptacles domestic stye or manure heap from any building; and closing habitation, The regulations of buildings and the prohibition may determine may be made to apply to buildings the making of orders unfit for human of their use for such habitation.
as to which of the provisions or parts of buildings already of this subsection in existence as well as to be erected.

the or of pen, byr e, 142.The Board may make regulations of tenements, control and sanitary tenement.
and in particular with respect to the Regulations: erection with regard to- and cancellation of such registration; ( a)the forwarding of returns from the owner, or agent of of the owner or and area, and the number of the owner, giving the name and address agent or both, the situation rooms; registration the keeping of a register particulars management by the owner or agent; varying lodgers separation the number of persons in each tenement of the sexes; of such register; by the owner or agent and the and for the control employed generally by the owner or agent or any keeper as and the and in each room thereof, who may be received and the fixing and from time to time r 1996 Cap.
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(b)the promotion of cleanliness or latrine, of the water supply sufficiency closet modation, to the number of lodgers and drainage shower-bath, washing and other appliances and dust-bin for cleanliness and ventilation; and the water­ accom­ the in proportion and occupiers; and the taking as defined in subsection of precautions in ( l) (c)the giving of notices the case of any infectious disease, of section 19 of this Ordinance; of inspection thereof; and inspection and the time and removal ( d)collection of walls and buildings; condition of all yards and surroundings arrangements tenements.
and generally the keeping thereof; of refuse; painting by the owner in proper or limewashing the well ordering of such and the sanitary PART XIII.-TRADES AND INDUSTRIES.

Milk.

143.

(1) If a person- Prohibition of sale of tuberculous ·milk, etc.
( a)sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or suffers to be sold or consumption or for use or exposed for sale, for human offered in the manufacture (b)uses or suffers of products or to be used in the manufacture for human consumption; of products for human consumption, foot-and-mouth condition, of the udder, condition of the uterus, or from acute inflammation the milk of any cow which has given tuberculous milk, or is suffering from emaciation due to tuberculosis, or from tuber­ culosis, of the udder, or from acute mastitis, actinomycosis anthrax, disease, suppuration of the udder, any comatose any septic any infection or teats which is likely the Governor within Ordinance, ordinary care could have ascertained, that the cow had given tuberculous milk, or was suffering from any such disease.
by himself or agent, for sale the milk of a cow suffering from of an offence under shall by Order in Council he shall be guilty of an offence against this of of the udder which to convey disease, or by any servant if it is proved that he knew, or by the exercise he shall be guilty or any disease this section, of the udder, declare shall, to be a disease (2)If a person sell or off er or expose tuberculosis this subsection exercise suffering of ordinary from that disease.
if it is proved that he lmew or could by the care have ascertained that the cow was (3)If any person any disease mentioned mixes the milk of any cow suffering with other milk or uses in this section from Public H e,alth.

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1997 for the food of swine or other animals unless be guilty of an offence under this section.
and until it has been boiled the milk of any such cow or otherwise sterilised he shall for a first offence to a penalty of an offence under this section (4)Any person guilty on conviction dollars, not exceeding liable one hundred a penalty with or without months, and for a second or subsequent offence to or to imprisonment :five hundred dollars hard labour for a period not exceeding six and imprisonment.
or to both such penalty shall be not exceeding 144.The Board may make regulations with respect to the sale of milk and in particular with regard to- Regulations: milk.
( a)the keeping registration of cows; erection, of cattle-b and regulation to sell milk; registration and regulation yr es; licensing and cancellation of of cattle, inspection and cleanliness of dairies; and cancel­ and the examination in or in any way connected of registration lation of persons registration cattle-b of persons handling yr es and dairies; engaged of cattle; (b)the cleanliness and type of all vessels and utensils with the in which milk may be sold, or in which it is put or kept for the cleanliness purposes machinery to be taken against cooling, of internal with dairies contamination and of any :fittings and the precautions of milk; the production, of sale; used in connection distribution storage, (c)the regulation conveyance, of the payment and sale of milk; of fees for licensing and for securing for human consumption.
the whole­ medical examination; and someness of milk intended generally and purity 145.The Board may make regulations tion of any trade or industry ( a)the forwarding of returns to control and in particular with regard from the owner giving the situation, the sanita- to- the Regulations: trades and industries.
of the owner, and the nature the internal the sufficient separation of use of premises name and address of the trade or industry; the registration and the cancellation ventilation of such registration; lighting; prohibition rooms; a sufficient receptacles position to both sexes; refuse, effluvia, solid, and construction, rooms and of dwelling places water supply, type and the sufficiency, accommodation and disposal of whether or latrine and the collection, dust or any other waste product for the storage of water-closet and wholesome thereof; or living and proper as sleeping or gaseous; with respect removal liquid (b)the cleanliness instruments, appliances, and disinfection utensils, and of all of premises, including :fixtures, furniture, 1998 Cap.
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limewashing, or distempering; the from contamination of dust, flies, and otherwise or offered for sale for human exposed ion, and the regulating of such articles; intended, painting, repainting, protection of all articles consumpt and distribution against accidents, nature communication of disease whether such premises, connected keeping and effectual liable of the trade or industry with such premises; employed, diseases sanitat storage of the preparation, the precautions of the to arise by reason to be taken and the spread from, to, or amongst occupying and generally of infection or on or in any way the well ordering, persons ion of any trade or industry.
Regulations: hucksters and hawkers.

146.The Board may make regulations with respect from contamination (a)the protection of all foodstuffs, otherwise fectionery kept, sold, or exposed building, in any public place whatsoever or in any street, including or along any roadside, square by hucksters and hawkers; to- by dust, flies or fresh meat, and con­ for sale outside of any or (b)the cleansing of any place so used for the sale or exposure fectionery; of infection such persons.
for sale by the owner of such foodstuffs and precautions or communication - or con the spread to be taken against from, to, or amongst of disease Regulations: mining districts.

147.The Board map make regulations control of mining districts for the generally and the or parts thereof sanitary health and welfare of the inhabitants therein.

PART XIV.-MISCELLANEOUS.

Powers of entry.

case during for the Board, or any of their members 148.
(1) It shall be lawful or officers, by the Board, to enter either authority duly authorised any particular at all reasonable hours, including in any premises premises this Ordinance (2)Any person or any local sanitary or any person generally and to enter which business on, any of all hours during or is usually who in any way obstructs or of the regulations.
out any of the objects the day into any house, for the purposes is in progress of carrying any such entry as carried or in aforesaid Provided shall be guilty of an offence: so claiming that the person if required, produce some written ticated may be, showing enter.

the right of the person by the Board, or local sanitary the right to enter shall, properly authority, as the case the same to producing document authen­ Public Health.

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1999 (3)If a magistrate is satisfied, on oath, that ground for such entry, and that there has by information Second Schedule: Form E. or failure there is reasonable been a refusal may by warrant authorise entry to enter the premises, assistance under this Ordinance.
to admit to such premises, the person claiming and if need be by force, with such the right of the magistrate as may be necessary, and there execute his duties (4)Any person obstructing shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable exceeding tinuing every day that the offence is continued.
one hundred dollars the execution of any such warrant to a penalty not or, where the offence is a con­ one, to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five for dollars (5)The warrant shall continue in force until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.

149.
(I) Where power is conferred or the by this Ordinance authority or the regulations on the Board or a local sanitary regulations the Board any notice under this Ordinance or in respect or the local sanitary particular cases in writing one or more of its officers to issue the notice on its behalf and where an officer is so author- ised any notice signed and issued by him shall be deemed to be signed and issued under the authority sanitary of the Board or the local may generally as the case may be: authority authorise authority to issue of Notices, orders and other docu­ ments.
Provided or revoke the authority that the Board or local sanitary authority on an officer.
conferred may vary (2)Any notice, order or other document required or author-De�very of h ul · d d hi O din the same or a true copy thereof · d b ISe to e serve un er t s r ance or t e reg at10ns may be served by delivering to the person to whom it is addressed known place of abode or business, owner or occupier premises true copy thereof or where addressed to the to some adult person on the on some conspicuous or by affixing the same or a who can be so served, of the premises or at his usual or last either etc.
notices Provided that, any such notices be given verbally or authorises the same to be served.

to the person on whom this Ordinance part of the premises: may in cases of emergency requires (3)'.

):he notice, order or other document may post, and if so served by registered to prove that the same was properly also be served post it shall be and addressed by registered sufficient put into the post.
150.Any local sanitary authority decision of the Board to the Governor may appeal from any Appeal to in Council.

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Continuing offence in respect of work.

151.

(I) Where the beginning or execution of a work is an whereof offence in respect visions existence of the work in any form or state contravening the offence.
same shall be deemed to be a continuing the offender or the regulations under the pro­ the to a penalty, of this Ordinance is liable (2)Where a work is commenced or maintained of the provisions of this Ordinance or in contra­ of the regulations, vention the magistrate be so commenced within a specified time so as to conform pay all expenses or maintained incurred thereby.
to take it down or alter it to the same, and to may order the person who causes the work to (3)Where the order is not complied with the local sanitary authority may, at the expiration order, do the work thereby required incurred from the owner the expenses to be done and recover by so doing.

in the of the time specified Persons guilty of offences under thls Ordinance.

152.
(I) Any person who contravenes any of the provisio ns to execute or refuses to do by virtue or who fails, of this Ordinance served upon him by any officer of the Board or the local shall be guilty neglects which he is required of this Ordinance, any work or to do anything of any of the provisions notice sanitary of an offence and shall, to a penalty therefor, be liable in default of payment thereof, hard labour for any term not exceeding of this Ordinance, some other penalty not exceeding to imprisonment two months.
fifty dollars, with or without or of any order or authority by virtue unless is provided or, (2)Where the offence is a continuing offence, unless some is provided other penalty to a further not exceeding fol'.

which the offence continues, to imprisonment therefor penalty the offender shall be liable ten dollars for every day and in default of payment, for any period not exceeding three months.
(3)All offences under this Ordinance under this Ordinance or or the regulations shall the regulations be taken and all penalties shall be recovered Ordinances.

under the Summary Jurisdiction Legal proceedings.


153.Any proceedings by a local sanitary authority or by of any of the provisions enforcement made thereunder under this Ordinance the Board for the the recovery of a penalty regulations or of the Board if duly authorised the authority thereof generally or offence, and an authorisation by writing under the hand of the chairman.
or any of the may be taken by any officer of of any particular may be cancelled or in respect either at any time or provision by the chairman Public H e,alth.

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2001 under this Ordinance Joint owner or occupier.


or occupiers 154.In case of any demand or complaint be answerable, in which two or more owners may jointly against or the regulations premises proceed proceeding contained recovering entitled against shall prevent contribution to contribution the other or others of them; but nothing so proceeded herein from against the parties in any case in which they would be by law.

it shall be sufficient in any manner one or more of them without of to 155.
Where any sum, amount, under any of the provisions recovered cost or expense of this Ordinance is recoverable Mode of !ry of v the same may be ���� jurisdiction.

expense.

as a civil debt in any court of competent 156.All penalties and costs recovered this Ordinance the local sanitary shall be paid to the Board or the local sanitary authority.

is either complainant or or the regulations defendant, authority from any person under in cases where the Board or Penalty and costs.
by the Board and approved by the Governor made or approved 157.

(I) Any regulations Regulations to be ap­ in Council proved and the Legislative Council to take effect on publication.
under this Ordinance shall be laid before after they are made, and if a resolution lative the next subsequent Council which the Council it that the regulation void, but without done thereunder shall be annulled, to the validity by the Legis­ twenty-eight days on is laid before has sat after any such regulation prejudice or to the making of a new regulation.

may be made to apply to any specified be it shall thenceforth of anything previously as soon as may be is passed within 29 of 1947, 8.
3. district (2)Any regulations or to any specified (3)Save as hereinbefore the breach of any regulation of fifty dollars.

part thereof.

provided a penalty there may be annexed the sum not exceeding to 158.Whosoever by any gratuity, prevents, inducement by any person or by the regulations, case of a second not exceeding or attempts of any duty imposed shall be guilty or subsequent two hundred bribe, to prevent, promise or other and Bribery corruption.
the due execution on him by this Ordinance of an offence, offence shall be liable and in the to a penalty and fifty dollars.

acting 159.All persons to the protection under the provisions shall be entitled Protection Ordinance.

of this Ordinance J of person Protection a:ff orded by the ustices acting under the Ordi- nance.

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Ordinance shall apply to buildings, vessels, tents, eta.
160.The provisions vessel, tent, van, or similar in like manner, but nothing vessel, tent, van, or similar or to any inmate thereof, government.

foreign as nearly of this Ordinance structure as may be, as if it were a building; shall apply to every used for human habitation in this Ordinance shall extend to any land, building, structure nor to any vessel to Her Majesty, to any belonging belonging Protection of rights of Amerindians.
161.The provisions of this Ordinance in their natural shall not apply to in the surroundings Amerindians forests residing and savannahs of the Colony: Provided that the Governor may from time to time make any regulations he may deem :fit with respect to any matter which will ensure and promote in Council the health of Amerindians.

Power to Governor in Council to restrict scope of Ordinance.

17 of 1938, s. 3.
17 of 1938, s. 3.

162.The Governor in Council may, by order published in exclude from operation all or any of the provisions the Gazette, of Part XII of this Ordinance under, other than any right of appeal therein respect any such order.

of any area defined in the order and may revoke or vary and any regulation made there­ contained, in s. 18.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Section 5 (5).

Section 12.

Section 21.

Section 48.

55.

Section 65 (c).

Section 104.

Section 140 (4).

Section 147.


Section SECOND SCHEDULE.

FORM A. s. 78 FORM OF NOTICE REQUIRING ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE.

Public H eaUh Ordinance.

To (person causing the nuisance, or owner or occupier of the premises at which the nuisance exists, as the case may be).
Take notice that, under the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance, the local sanitary the (describe (describe premises nuisance) do hereby require where the nuisance a nuisance you within (specify the time) from the service exists) of of the existence being (describe at the authority) being satisfied Public Health.

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145 ... 2003 of this notice as may be necessary any works to be executed) within the said period of the nuisance, to abate the same [and to execute such works and do such things for that purpose, or and for that purpose ] (and the said (authority) to (specify you do hereby require the recurrence to do what is necessary for preventing and for that purpose to, etc.).
but is likely has been abated, (Where the nuisance that at, etc., there existed day of... nuisance), satisfied .................................... .19 ...... (describe mentioned the (describe do what is necessary that purpose to recur at the said premises, you within (specify time) to and for of the nuisance recently, , the following the said nuisance the same is likely do hereby require to recur, to wit, on or about the nuisance, has since the last and that although the recurrence the authority) for preventing day been abated, say) being to, etc.
................................ namely If you make default in complying or if the said nuisance, issued requiring which will be made for the purpose the recurrence or prohibiting that may be incurred thereby.
and penalties though abated, before of enforcing the abatement or both, and for recovering to answer a complaint of the nuisance, the costs with the requisitions a summons will be to recur, is likely a magistrate your attendance of this notice, thereof, Dated this .................................... day of.

................................... , 19 ...... .

Officer of the Local Sanitary Authority.

FORM B.

FORM OF SUMMONS.

Health Public Ordinance.


s. 79 to appear before ............................................ ...................................................... on ............................................ at ...................................................... day of.

........................................................... To A.B.
of ............................................................ (or to the owner or occupier of) (describe as may be of the situation the premises sufficient ) situated (insert the premises).

such description to identify You are required premises next at the hour of... nuisance the nuisance ................................... the following causing above mentioned .)
in the district ......................... (or at certain of the (describe (describe this day made to me by .............................. situated .

for ...................................................... .

.. .
.. .

at magistrate the ................................... to answer the complaint that at the premises ........................................................... the local sanitary authority) and add, where the person caused by the act, default, (Where the nuisance to answer the complaint, on or about the ............................ nuisance nuisance although or discontinued, said premises.
or sufferance is discontinued, etc., that at, etc., there existed day of... say) to be repeated, to wit, recently, , the following the , and add, where the person causing etc., and (describe is summoned) the said nuisance exists is summoned, that the same or the like nuisance has since the said last mentioned , and that the said nuisance and that the said nuisance day been abated the nuisance was caused, the nuisance of you A.B.).
but is likely to recur at the is likely is ......................................................... , 19 ......

Dated this .............................. Mag istrate.

, 19 ...... .

day of.

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FORM C. FORM OF SUMMARY ORDER.

Public H eaUh Ordinance.

To A.B.

of.

...... premises situated to identify the premises).
......... (insert ...................... ...................... ( or to the owner or occupier such description of the situation of) describe as may be sufficient the words of complaint Whereas the said A.B.

(or the owner or occupier within the meaning of the Public Health Ordinance) before me to answer the matter of a complaint (follow not appear, a summons has been duly served according requiring the said A.B.
or the owner or occupier this day before me to answer the matter of a complaint made by, etc., that at, etc.

to the Public Health Ordinance of the said premises) to appear in summons) (or in case the party charged do say).

Whereas it has been now proved to my satisfaction that of the said premises has this day appeared made by, etc., that at, etc.

(Any of the following orders may be made or a combination of any of them as the case seems to require).
Now on proof here had before me that the nuisance at the said premises (add where, the order made does exist the nuisance, and that the same is caused by the act, default, or sufferance of A.B.).

I, in pursuance A.B.

(or the said owner or occupier) of this order according to the said Ordinance to be executed) be abated of the Public Health Ordinance within (specify (here specify ).
the time) from the service (and state any works do order the said the nuisance to so complained of the person causing of Prohlbition Order No.

1.

And I, being satisfied that, notwithstanding the said nuisance may be y abated under this order, the same is likely temporaril prohibit the recurrence of the said or a like nuisance (and for that purpose I direct the said A.B.

or the said owner or occupier the said A.B.

(or the said owner or occupier) from allowing , here specify any works to be executed).
to recur, do therefore Prohibition Order No.

2.

Now, on proof here had before me that at or recently before the time of to wit, on making the said complaint, so complained but that the same has of did exist at the said premises, since been abated (add, where the order is made on the person causing the nuisance, of A.B.)
yet, notwithstanding that it is likely that the same or the like nuisance will recur at the said premises, do therefore prohibit (continue as in Prohibition was caused by the act, default, and that the nuisance I, being satisfied such abatement, Order No.

1).

the nuisance or sufferance Closing order.


(describe the house) situate Now, on proof here had before me that the nuisance at (insert the dwelling-house) is such as to render such a description unfit in of the Public Health for human do hereby prohibit the use of the said dwelling-house the dwelling-house of the situation as may be sufficient my judgment for human habitation, Ordinance, habitation.

I, in pursuance to identify Dated this ............. ............ ..... day of.
....... .......... ............... ....................... .

.... , 19 ...... Magistrate.

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145.

2005 FORM D. FORM OF NUISANCE ORDER TO BE EXECUTED BY s. 84.

LOCAL SANITARY Public Health AUTHORITY.

Ordinance.

To the (describe th.

that :11:::t:: e local sanitary e =� .���.� .. n c p slt�:�e� r:1!f!:!

of (describe e the nuisanc the local sanitary e).


in the district exists (describ authority) the following nuisance authority), ................................................................................ .
�.�:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: As it has been now proved to my satisfactio of the premises, or person but that no owner or occupier or sufferance the nuisance may be)· Now, I, in pursuance as in any of the orders in Form C, with the substitution local sanitary for that of A.B.

or the owner or occupier).


is caused, is known or can be found (as the case n that such nuisanc Health Ordinance, do (continue authority of the Public of the name of the e exists, by whose act, default, Dated this .............................. day of ............................................................ , 19 ...... .

Mag istrate.

FORM E. WARRANT OF MAGISTRATE Public Health FOR ENTRY TO PREMISES.

Ordinance.

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Ordinance.

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Wh ereas A.B., being a person authoris premises (describ to enter certain ed under the Public Health e the premises), to me to authorise I, C.D., am satisfied Ordinance plication whereas ground for such entry, such premises, to a magistrat the intention to apply to a magistrat of the entry).

and (either e for a warrant and that there has bee that reasonabl has made ap­ and the said A.B.
to enter the said premises, n on oath that there is reasonabl e by informatio or failure n a refusal to admit to e notice of the intention to apply has been given or that the giving of notice of e for a warrant would defeat the object (Or am satisfied by informatio n on oath that there is reasonable cause to believe that there is on the said premises Health Ordinance, or of a regulation an application for admissio defeat the object of the entry): made under that Ordinance, and that n or notice of an applicatio n for a warrant would a contravention of the Public Now therefore, I, the said C.D., do hereby authorise enter the said premises, may require, and there execute his duties and if need be by force, with such under the said Or the said A.D. to assistants as he d inance.
Dated this .............................. day of.

........................................................... .

, 19 ...... Mag istrate.

2006 Cap.

145.]

Public Health.

s. 2.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

restaurants I.Hotels, 2.Taverns, 3.Aerated 4.Provision, confectionery, rumshops water factories, and cookshops.

and sweet drink shops.

breweries vegetable, and distilleries.


butchers' fruit, :fish, shops, bakeries, 5.Artificial cream, margarine, and bakers' dairies and wholesale grocery d butter, or evaporated milk cheese, condensed milk-blende cream, dried, margarine ghee, cheese depots.

oil, butter, edible manufactories.

6.Cheese, and cold storage, biscuit, preserving, sweetmeat, bottling maccaroni and canning and vermicelli, ice cream, ice factories or establishments.

7.Dairy farms and pig farms.

8.Oil, copra, 9.Laundries.


10.Tobacco and cigarette, paper, rice, grain grinding or husking mills or factories.

match, saw and boot and shoe factories or mills.

11.Pawnbrokeries 12.

Any of the offensive and shops dealing trades goods.

under this Ordinance.

in second-hand