110. Power to enter upon lands for purposes of this Act

(1)

The Commissioner, any Medical Officer of Health, any Public Health Engineer, any public health auxiliary or such other persons as the Commissioner may authorise in writing in that behalf may, for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, enter between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. into and upon any building or land in order to make any survey, inspection or search or to execute any work authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder without being liable to any legal proceedings or molestation whatsoever on account of such entry or of anything done in any part of such building or land in pursuance of this Act or any regulations made thereunder:Provided that no person shall, unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, enter any house by virtue of the powers conferred by this section without at least 6 hours’ previous notice being given to the occupier thereof, if any.

(2)

The Minister may declare that any class of premises for the control and supervision of which regulations may be made under this Act are liable to night inspection, and thereupon the Commissioner, any Medical Officer of Health, any Public Health Engineer, any public health auxiliary or such other persons as the Commissioner may authorise in writing in that behalf may, at any time of the day or night and without notice, enter using such force as may be necessary into and search or inspect any premises of the class specified in the declaration.[113

Terms defined in s 2

building
Defined · s 2
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
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Commissioner
Defined · s 2
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health appointed under section 3 and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under that section;
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house
Defined · s 2
“house” includes dwelling-house, warehouse, office, shop, school and any other building in which persons are employed;
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Medical Officer of Health
Defined · s 2
“Medical Officer of Health” means any registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a health officer in any area or district in Singapore or the port limits thereof, and includes the Airport Health Officer, the Port Health Officer and any registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government who is engaged in duties arising out of or connected with this Act;
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occupier
Defined · s 2
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on his own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
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premises
Defined · s 2
“premises”, except in section 41, means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof, used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose whatsoever;
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public health auxiliary
Defined · s 2
“public health auxiliary” means a public health inspector, an assistant public health inspector, or a public health overseer, in the service of the Government;
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Public Health Engineer
Defined · s 2
“Public Health Engineer” means a Public Health Engineer appointed under section 4;
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Report

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Schedules

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