Clause 57

Where a Medical Officer of Health or a Public Health Engineer is of the opinion that any premises are so infested with rats, mice, insects or other vermin as to be a danger to the health of the persons in the premises or in the vicinity thereof, he may serve notice in writing on the owner or the occupier of such premises, calling upon him to take such measures as he considers necessary, within such time and date as may be specified in such notice, for the destruction of such rats, mice, insects or other vermin and for the removal of their breeding places and for preventing their re-appearance.

Any owner or occupier who fails or neglects to comply with such notice within the time and date specified therein shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to a further fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day during which such non-compliance continues, and without prejudice to any proceedings under this subsection and whether before or after the commencement or conclusion of such proceedings, the Medical Officer of Health or the Public Health Engineer or any public officer authorised by the Commissioner in that behalf in writing may enter upon the premises and take such measures as have been specified in such notice, and the costs and expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the person in default and may be recovered in the manner provided under section 119 of this Act.