Environmental Public Health Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part X · General Health Requirements for Buildings
82. Buildings to which the public has access to be kept clean
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The owner, the occupier or the lessee of any building or any part thereof to which the public has access shall —
owner
“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;
regularly clean and keep clean and in good repair such building or part thereof; and
keep such building or part thereof free of such conditions as may endanger the lives or health of his employees, members of the public and other users thereof.
Where, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the owner, the occupier or the lessee of any such building or part thereof fails to comply with subsection (1)(a) or (b), the Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require such owner, occupier or lessee within such period as may be specified therein to take such steps as the Commissioner may think fit.
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;
In any notice issued by the Commissioner under subsection (2), the Commissioner may, in the case of an air-conditioned building or part thereof, —
building
“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;
prescribe temperature and humidity controls for such air-conditioned building or part thereof; and
require the owner, occupier or lessee of such building or part thereof —
to install automatic devices for recording the temperature and humidity level in such building or part thereof; and
to keep such records and charts of the temperature and humidity level in such building or part thereof as the Commissioner may direct for the inspection of the Commissioner.[7/74
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1), or refuses, neglects or fails to comply with any notice issued by the Commissioner under subsection (2) within such period as may be specified therein, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $25 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Where any person who has been served with a notice under subsection (2) fails to comply therewith, the Commissioner may, in his discretion, without prejudice to any proceedings under subsection (4) and whether before or after the commencement or conclusion of such proceedings, carry out all or any of the requirements set out in the notice and recover from such person the costs and expenses thereof in the manner provided in section 121.[85