Singapore legislation
Clause 26
Clause 26
Prohibition against depositing refuse, etc., in any public place
(1)
Any person who —
places, deposits or throws any dust, dirt, paper, ashes, carcase, refuse, boxes, barrels, bales or other article or thing in any public place;
keeps or leaves any article or thing whatsoever in any place where it or particles therefrom have passed or are likely to pass into any public place;
dries any article of food or other article or thing in any public place;
throws, places, spills or scatters any blood, brine, swill, noxious liquid or other offensive or filthy matter of any kind in such manner as to run or fall into any public place;
drops, spills or scatters any dirt, sand, earth, gravel, clay, loam, stone, grass, straw, shavings, sawdust, ashes, garden refuse, stable refuse, trade refuse, manure, garbage or any other thing or matter in any public place, whether from a moving or stationary vehicle or in any other manner;
sieves, shakes, cleans, beats or otherwise agitates any lime, ashes, sand, coal, hair, waste paper, feathers or other substance in such manner that it is carried or likely to be carried by the wind to any public place; or
throws or leaves behind any bottle, glass, can, food container, food wrapper, particles of food or any other article or thing in any public place,shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and may be arrested without warrant by any police officer or by any public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner and taken before a Magistrate’s Court and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section or of any other written law for the time being in force, any police officer or any public officer who, having effected an arrest in accordance with the provisions of this section, is satisfied as to the identity, name and place of residence of the person arrested, may, in his discretion, instead of taking such person before a Court or to a police station serve upon such person a notice requiring such person to attend at the Court described at the hour and on the date specified in such notice and such notice shall be in such form as may be prescribed under section 142 of this Act.
(3)
For the purpose of satisfying himself as to the identity of the person arrested, such police officer or public officer may require the person arrested to furnish such evidence of identity as he may deem necessary.
(4)
A duplicate copy of the notice referred to in subsection (2) of this section shall be prepared by the police officer or public officer, as the case may be, and by him, if so required by a Court, produced to such Court.
(5)
On an accused person appearing before a Court in pursuance of such a notice, the Court shall take cognizance of the offence alleged and shall proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section.
(6)
If a person upon whom such a notice has been served as aforesaid fails to appear before a Court in accordance therewith, the Court shall thereupon issue a warrant for the arrest of such person.
(7)
Upon a person arrested in pursuance of a warrant issued under subsection (6) of this section being produced before it, a Court shall proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section and shall at the conclusion of such proceedings call upon him to show cause why he should not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the notice delivered to him and if cause be not shown may order him to pay such penalty not exceeding two thousand dollars as the Court thinks fit or may commit him to prison for a term not exceeding two months.
(8)
The Magistrate’s Court may, on convicting any person under subsection (1) of this section, order his photograph to be taken by a police photographer or other photographer. Any such photograph may be preserved and may be produced to any Court for the purpose of establishing identity on a subsequent conviction.
(9)
For the purposes of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section —
where the thing or matter is dropped, spilt or scattered from a vehicle or drops or spills therefrom, the driver or person having charge or control of the vehicle shall be deemed to have committed the offence, unless the offence is committed by a person other than the driver or person having charge or control of the vehicle and the identity of the person who committed the offence can be established; and
where the driver of a motor vehicle is alleged or is suspected to be guilty of the offence —
the owner of the motor vehicle shall give such information as may be required by a police officer or by a public officer authorised as provided in subsection (1) of this section to give as to the identity and address of the person who was driving the said motor vehicle at or about the time of the alleged offence, and such other information as such police officer or public officer may require, and if he fails to do so within seven days of the date on which the information was required from him, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act unless he proves, to the satisfaction of the Court, that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained the information required; and
any other person who was or should have been in charge or in control of the motor vehicle shall, if so required as aforesaid, give any information which it is in his power to give, and which may lead to the identification of the driver, and if, within seven days of the date on which the information was required from him, he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(10)
For the purposes of this section, “public officer” includes any officer of any statutory board or body who has been authorised in writing by the Commissioner to carry out all or any of the powers conferred on a public officer by or under this section.