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the federal Government and the Government;

and

any subsidiary proprietor and a management corporation as defined in the Strata (Subsidiary Titles)

Ordinance, 2019 [Cap. 75];

“premises” means messuages, buildings, holdings, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, and includes any place, structure, tent, stall or mobile vehicle, vessel or any part thereof whether open or enclosed, permanent or temporary and whether public or private, occupied or unoccupied or used for any purpose whatsoever;

“private drain” means a drain used for the drainage of any building or premises or private land or compound of any such building or premises;

“public drain” means a drain connecting a private drain with another water-course or to which water from a private drain is discharged;

“public health officer” means any medical officer or health inspector in the service of the Government, a local authority or the federal Government, and includes any authorized officer appointed under section 3(2) of the Food Act 1983 [Act 281];

“the State” means the State of Sarawak.

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Any reference in this Ordinance to the “Yang di-Pertua

Negeri” shall be construed as a reference to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri acting in accordance with the advice of the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan

Negeri or of a member thereof acting under the general authority of the Majlis.