Cap 132BK s 4 Dumping of litter in public places (PUBLIC CLEANSING AND PREVENTION OF NUISANCES REGULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	132BK	Title:	PUBLIC CLEANSING AND PREVENTION OF NUISANCES REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 320 of 1999
Section:	4	Heading:	Dumping of litter in public places	Version Date:	01/01/2000

(1) No person shall deposit or cause or permit to be deposited any litter or waste on or in-

(a) any street or public place;

(b) the common parts of any building;

(d) any Government property except with the consent of a public officer; or

(e) any land except with the consent of the owner of the land. (L.N. 401 of 1981)

(2) If any litter or waste is deposited from a window, balcony, verandah or roof top of any premises or part of any premises in contravention of subsection (1), the occupier of such premises or part thereof shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that the contravention was committed by a person who is not a member of his family nor employed by him. (L.N. 401 of 1981)
(3) If a contravention of subsection (2) is committed, it shall be no defence for the occupier to prove that the contravention was committed without his consent or knowledge.
(4) No offence under subsection (1)(c) is committed by a person who makes a discharge or deposit under and in accordance with a licence under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap 358). (41 of 1980 s. 50; 67 of 1990 s. 23)

(78 of 1999 s. 7)