Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Public Cleansing
13. Prohibition on use of nightsoil or human excreta as manure
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If any nightsoil or human excreta is found in any place collected in pits or receptacles of any kind that would in the ordinary course be used for preparing the nightsoil or human excreta for purposes of manuring, this is deemed conclusive evidence that the land on which the pits or receptacles are situated or land in the same occupation adjoining or contiguous thereto has been manured with nightsoil or human excreta.
The owner and the occupier of any land which is manured with nightsoil or human excreta shall both be guilty of an offence.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on that person’s own account or as agent of another person; and, in relation to any part of any premises, different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
The Director-General may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of the land to remove the nightsoil or receptacles or to fill up the pits, as the case may be.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);