Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Prohibition on creating conditions favourable to disease-bearing insects
(1)
No person shall take, do or perform any act or thing which may, or be liable to, create such conditions as may be favourable to the propagation or harbouring of disease-bearing insects.
(2)
Every person shall comply with all such reasonable directions as may be given by the Commissioner or a Medical Officer of Health or a public health auxiliary with a view to ensuring that such conditions do not arise or with a view to terminating such conditions.
(3)
Such directions may be given to the owner or occupier of any premises and to any person therein, including his agents and servants.
(4)
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.