Section 59
Requirement that proper drainage for sewage be made
of Water Services Industry Act 2006
(1)
If any premises is at any time not properly drained for sewage in accordance with this Act or its subsidiary legislation or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Commission by a sufficient private connection pipe communicating with a public sewer or public sewerage system, the Commission may give notice in writing requiring the owner or management corporation of the premises or, if the owner or management corporation cannot with reasonable diligence be traced, the occupier thereof to construct or install from such premises a pipe of such material or size and at such
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level and with such gradient as the Commission deems necessary for the draining of sewage from the premises or to construct such other system as the Commission deems necessary.
(2)
If the owner, management corporation or occupier to whom a notice under subsection (1) has been issued fails to comply with the notice within the period specified in the notice, the Commission or any person authorized by the Commission may construct or install the pipe or such other system as the Commission deems necessary or cause the pipe or system to be constructed or installed and recover the expenses incurred in the construction and installation of the pipe or system from the owner, management corporation or occupier.
(3)
A person who fails to comply with the notice given under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.