Singapore legislation
Clause 18
Clause 18
Prohibition against throwing refuse, etc., in any public place
(1)
No person shall —
deposit, drop, place or throw any dust, dirt, paper, ash, carcase, refuse, box, barrel, bale or any other article or thing in any public place;
keep or leave any article or thing whatsoever in any place where it or particles therefrom have passed or are likely to pass into any public place;
dry any article of food or any other article or thing in any public place;
place, scatter, spill or throw any blood, brine, noxious liquid, swill or any other offensive or filthy matter of any kind in such manner as to run or fall into any public place;
beat, clean, shake, sieve or otherwise agitate any ash, hair, feathers, lime, sand, waste paper or other substance in such manner that it is carried or likely to be carried by the wind to any public place;
throw or leave behind any bottle, can, food container, food wrapper, glass, particles of food or any other article or thing in any public place; or
spit or expel mucous from the nose upon or onto any street or any public place.
(2)
No person shall drop, deposit or throw any refuse or any other matter or thing in any channel, drain, lake, reservoir, river, stream or watercourse or upon the bank of any of the same or in any part of the sea abutting on the foreshore.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.