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Part 5 · Prevention of International Spread of Infectious Diseases

36. Discharge of waste or matter

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Last amended by an amending law of 2024.

(1)

The Director-General of Public Health or a Port Health Officer may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of any vessel from which any human waste, solid or liquid waste or any matter that the Director-General of Public Health or that Port Health Officer considers to be contaminated has been discharged, to —

(a)

remove or clean up that waste or contaminated matter; or

(b)

carry out any additional measures that the Director-General of Public Health or that Port Health Officer may consider necessary,in the manner and within the time specified in the notice.

(2)

Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any written notice under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

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