Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part IX · Food, Markets, Sanitation and Nuisances
Section 76
Feedback & supportWhen the Health Officer is of the opinion that any premises are so infested with rats, mice, birds or other vermin as to be a danger to the health of the persons in the house or of the community, he may serve notice on the owner or occupier of such premises, calling upon him to take such measures as the local authority considers necessary for the destruction of such rats, mice, birds or other vermin and for the removal of their breeding places and for preventing their reappearance.
Health Officer
“Health Officer” means the officer for the time being perfoming the duties of a Health Officer to a local authority and includes an Assistant Health Officer;
Any owner or occupier who does not comply with such notice within seven days of the service thereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment and to a further fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit for each day after conviction during which the work is not carried out, and the local authority may enter upon the premises and take such measures as it considers necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of the premises in respect of which the word is used or having the charge, management or control thereof either on his own account or as agent of another person but does not include a lodger;