Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Environmental Public Health Bill

Clause 7

Dustbins in streets

(1)

The Commissioner may cause any number of dustbins or other convenient receptacles wherein refuse may be temporarily deposited to be provided and placed in proper and convenient locations in public streets and private streets and in such other places as he may think fit, and may cause vehicles to go round to collect the same.

(2)

No person shall deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited any dung, nightsoil, human excreta, industrial waste, stable refuse or garden refuse in any such dustbin or receptacle, except that such garden refuse comprising grass, small twigs and the like as may be reasonably accommodated in such receptacles may be placed therein.