Singapore legislation

Section 18

of Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999

Section 18

Discharge of sewage, etc.

Amended by10/201210/2012

(1)

Any person who, without the written approval of the Board, discharges or causes or permits the discharge of any sewage, waste matter or effluent into any public sewerage system or any drain‑line or sewer communicating with a public sewerage system —

(a)

directly or indirectly, from any conveyance or mobile toilet; or

(b)

by opening a manhole or an inspection chamber or any other means of access to the public sewerage system,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

Amended by10/2012

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to any discharge from a conveyance or mobile toilet which may be lawfully made into any public sewer or public sewerage system under any regulations made under this Act.

Amended by10/2012

(3)

In this section —

Definition

“conveyance” includes any vessel, train, aircraft, vehicle or trailer, and any fixed or floating platform in a marine environment;

Definition

“mobile toilet” means a sanitary convenience which is not part of a sewerage system, including a sanitary convenience which is mobile or in a conveyance.