87. Power to enter into and search premises used for offensive trades

Terms defined in s 2

• Commissioner

  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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• Medical Officer of Health

  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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• premises

  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

  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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