Section 65

grant the service licensee or permit holder adequate access to the septic tank for the purpose of enabling the septic tank to be serviced and desludged;

cause the private sewerage system, septic tank, the private connection pipe, individual internal sewerage piping, common internal sewerage piping and all accessories thereto to be so maintained and kept as not to be a nuisance or harmful to health;

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cause the septic tank to be desludged and, in the case of a private sewerage system, to be serviced or maintained by a service licensee or permit holder at such intervals and in such manner as may be prescribed; and

grant the service licensee or permit holder adequate access to the private sewerage system for the purposes of enabling the private sewerage system to be inspected, serviced or maintained.

The owner, management corporation or occupier of any premises, as the case may be, shall be solely responsible for the maintenance, refurbishment or replacement of the individual internal sewerage piping or the common internal sewerage piping.

A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.

Penalty in respect of nuisance, etc., caused by private sewerage system or septic tanks