Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act 1975 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part IV · Miscellaneous
20. Penalty for damaging works executed by Director General or a Medical Officer of Health
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Any person who, without the consent of the Director General or a Medical Officer of Health interferes with, damages, injures, destroys or renders useless any works executed or any materials or things placed in, under or upon any premises by or under the orders of the Director General or a Medical Officer of Health shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding *ten thousand ringgit; and the
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
Director General or a Medical Officer of Health may notwithstanding any written law recover from the person convicted, in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a Magistrate’s court, such costs and expenses as were incurred in repairing the works or replacing the materials or things so interfered with, damaged, injured, destroyed or rendered useless.
Medical Officer of Health
“Medical Officer of Health” means any medical practitioner in the service of the Government or any local authority who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a Medical Officer of Health in any area, district or local authority area, including the airport and port limits thereof, and includes the Deputy Director General of Health (Public Health), the Director of Disease Control, any Deputy Director of Disease Control, any State Director of Health Services and his Deputy;
Terms defined in s 2
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
Medical Officer of Health
Defined · s 2“Medical Officer of Health” means any medical practitioner in the service of the Government or any local authority who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a Medical Officer of Health in any area, district or local authority area, including the airport and port limits thereof, and includes the Deputy Director General of Health (Public Health), the Director of Disease Control, any Deputy Director of Disease Control, any State Director of Health Services and his Deputy;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof, used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose whatsoever;