73. Care of sanitary conveniences

(1)

The owner and the occupier of every building in or in connection with which a toilet or urinal is provided shall cause the flushing apparatus thereof to be kept supplied with water sufficient for flushing.

(2)

Where sanitary conveniences are used in common by the members of two or more families or by members of the public or by employees, the owner, the occupier, the chief or principal tenant or the person in charge of the premises concerned, as the case may be, shall maintain such sanitary conveniences in a clean and hygienic manner without causing any nuisance to sight or smell.

(3)

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.[75

Terms defined in this Act

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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nuisance
Defined · s 2
“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;
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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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owner
Defined · s 2
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee or as receiver, or who would receive the same if the land or house comprised in the premises were let to a tenant;
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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;
Open s 2
sanitary conveniences
Defined · s 67
“sanitary conveniences” includes latrines, lavatories, toilets, urinals, water-closets and wash basins;
Open s 67
toilet
Defined · s 67
“toilet” means a facility for urinating and defecating which is water flushed, and which connects, directly or otherwise, with a private sewage disposal system or with the public sewage disposal system;
Open s 67
urinal
Defined · s 67
“urinal” means a facility for urinating which is water flushed, and which connects, directly or otherwise, with a private sewage disposal system or with the public sewage disposal system;
Open s 67

Report

Read on from s 74

Schedules

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