50. Public nuisances to be abated
Feedback & supportExcept as provided in subsection (2), the Commissioner shall take such steps as he may consider necessary to remove or abate all nuisances of a public nature and may, if he considers that the circumstances so warrant, proceed at law against any person committing any such nuisance.
Commissioner
“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;
Where any nuisance specified in section 51(1)(a), (e)(ii), (e)(iii), (f), (g) or (k) arises from any want or defect of a structural character, the Building Authority shall take such steps as he may consider necessary to remove or abate the same and may, if he considers that the circumstances so warrant, proceed at law against any person committing any such nuisance, and for this purpose every reference to the Commissioner in sections 52(1), (2) and (4), 53(1), (11) and (14), 54(1) and 55(2) shall be construed as a reference to the Building Authority.[51
nuisance
“nuisance” means any act, omission or thing occasioning or likely to occasion injury, annoyance, offence, harm, danger or damage to the sense of sight, smell or hearing, or which is or is likely to be injurious or dangerous to health or property;