Singapore legislation

Section 44

of Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Section 44

Nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily

For the purposes of this Act, the following are nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily under this Act:

(a)

any premises or part of the premises of such a construction or in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health;

(b)

any pool, gutter, watercourse, earth closet, cesspool, sewer, drain or sanitary conveniences in a foul state or so situate as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health;

(c)

the keeping of any animal, bird, poultry or carcase in such place or manner or in such numbers as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health;

(d)

any dust, effluvium, accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health;

(e)

the issue of any fumes, vapours, gases, heat, radiation or smells in any premises which is a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health;

(f)

any well, pool or other source, the water from which is used or likely to be used for human consumption and which is so polluted or is likely to become so polluted as to be injurious or dangerous to health;

(g)

any tank or receptacle or article capable of containing water or any well, pool, watercourse, ditch or low marshy ground which is injurious to health or offensive to the neighbourhood;

(h)

any factory or work place which is not kept in a clean state and free from effluvia arising from any sewer, drain, privy, latrine, earth closet, urinal or other nuisance;

(i)

any place where there exists, or is likely to exist, any condition giving rise, or capable of giving rise to the breeding of flies or mosquitoes;

(j)

any furnace, chimney, fireplace or other place from which is emitted smoke or other unconsumed combustible matter in such quantity or in such a manner as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health;

(k)

any brickfield, sandpit or any other kind of excavation which is injurious to health or offensive to the neighbourhood or is used for any purpose likely to be injurious to health;

(l)

any machinery, plant or any method or process used in any premises which causes a nuisance or is dangerous to public health or safety;

(m)

any place where there occurs, or from which there emanates noise or vibration as to amount to a nuisance; or

(n)

any other matter declared by this Act to be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily.

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