Malaysia legislation

Section 49B

of Local Government Ordinance 1961

Section 49B

For the purposes of this Ordinance –

(a)

any premises or part thereof of such a construction or in such a state as to be a nuisance;

(b)

any animal, bird, poultry or carcase kept in such place or manner or in such numbers as to be a nuisance;

(c)

any dust, effluvium, accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance or is or is likely to become a breeding place for mosquitoes or flies or any vermin;

(d)

any factory, workshop or work-place which is not kept in a clean state and free from effluvia arising from any sewer, drain, privy, latrine, earth-closet, urinal or other nuisance or which is so overcrowded while work is carried on as to be a nuisance;

(e)

any huts or sheds, whether used as dwellings or as stables or for any other purpose, which are by reason of the manner in which the huts or sheds are crowded together or the want of drainage or the impracticability of scavenging or for any other reason a nuisance;

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(f)

any pool or ditch the water from which is used or likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic purpose or for manufacturing drink for the use of man and which is so polluted or is likely to become a nuisance;

(g)

any tank, well, pool, gutter, watercourse, drain, sewer, ditch or low marshy ground which is injurious or dangerous to health or offensive to the neighbourhood or is likely to become a breeding place for mosquitoes or flies or vermin;

(h)

any fire-place, furnace, chimney or other place sending off smoke or other unconsumed combustible matter in such quantity as to be a nuisance;

(i)

any brick-field, sandpit or any other kind of excavation which is injurious or dangerous to health or offensive to the neighbourhood or used for any purpose likely to become a nuisance;

(j)

any dust or any discharge of effluent or effluvia caused by any trade, business, manufacture or process which is prejudicial to health or offensive to the neighbourhood;

(k)

any place where there exists, or likely to exist, any condition giving rise, or capable of giving rise to the breeding of mosquitoes or flies;

(l)

any machinery, plant or any method or process used in any premises which causes a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to public health or safety;

(m)

any place or premises where there occurs, or from which there emanates noise or vibration as to amount to a nuisance, injurious or dangerous to health;

(n)

any trade or occupation or the keeping of goods or merchandise by reason of its being a nuisance, injurious or dangerous to the health or physical comfort of the community;

(o)

any trade premises or food establishment not kept in a sanitary state and free from offensive smell arising from any drain, privy, water-closet, earth-closet or urinal, or in which suitable and adequate arrangements are not made to destroy or render harmless and inoffensive as far as practicable any gasses, vapour, dust or other impurities generated or which are allowed to fall into a state of disrepair, unsafe or unsightly;

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(p)

any unlawful obstruction or accumulation or deposit or any material which is a nuisance in any public place; or

(q)

any other matter declared by the Minister to be a nuisance, shall be liable to be dealt with summarily under this Ordinance.

Notice requiring abatement of nuisance.