Section 10

Where on any land there is any stream or seepage or running or standing water to which shade may be afforded by the development of undergrowth or other vegetation, no person shall cut down or clear or cause or permit to be cut down or cleared any undergrowth or vegetation within 6 metres of any such stream or seepage or running or standing water without the previous sanction of the Commissioner or a Medical Officer of Health.

No owner or occupier of any premises, including any agricultural holding, shall permit any hole or depression likely to hold water to remain in or upon the land owned or occupied by him for a longer period than 7 days from the time when the hole or depression was made, whether the hole or depression was made in the course of clearing, planting or other agricultural operation or by the fall of any tree or in any artificial manner whatsoever, and every such owner or occupier shall fill or cause to be filled in any such hole or depression to the level of the surrounding ground within 7 days of the making of that hole or depression.

Any owner or occupier of any agricultural holding who intends to cut down or clear any jungle, undergrowth or other vegetation for the purpose of planting or replanting the holding or who intends to make holes in the ground for the purpose of the planting or replanting shall notify the Commissioner or a Medical Officer of Health in writing of his intention to do so not less than 14 days before the commencement of the operations.

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.