Singapore legislation
Clause 19
Clause 19
Discharge of sewage, etc.
(1)
Any person who, without the written approval of the Director, discharges or causes or permits the discharge of any sewage, waste matter or effluent into any public sewer or any drain-line or sewer communicating with a public sewer —
directly or indirectly, from any conveyance or mobile toilet; or
by opening a manhole or an inspection chamber or any other means of access to the public sewer,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to any discharge from a conveyance or mobile toilet which may be lawfully made into any public sewer pursuant to any regulations made under this Act.
(3)
For the purposes of 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.