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Provision of privy accommodation for houses-power to enforce

Cap. 40, s. 15 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The Minister may declare any town or place to be a populous building area within the meaning of this section, and thereafter it shall not be lawful to erect any new building within such town or place without providing sufficient water- closet, earth-closet, or privy accommodation for use in connection therewith, and all then existing buildings within such town or place shall, within six months after the date of its being declared a populous building area, be provided with sufficient water-closet, earth-closet, or privy accommodation. for houses- (2) Any person guilty of a contravention of this section is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to a further fine not exceeding two dollars for every day during which the offence is continued. 20

Amended by: 40 of 1963

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