Section 2

―building‖ includes any structure whatsoever whether permanent or temporary for whatsoever purpose used;

―Director-General‖ means the Director-General of Health, Malaysia, the ―Director‖

means the Director of Medical Services, Sabah, and the ―Deputy Director‖ means the Deputy Director of Medical Services, Sabah;

―Director of Agriculture‖ means the Director of Agriculture, Sabah;

―Federal matter‖ means any matter enumerated in the Federal List or the

Concurrent List (that is to say, the First or Third List set out in the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution);

―Government‖ means the Government of Malaysia or the Government of Sabah or both as the context may require;

―Health Officer‖ means a person appointed as such under section 4;

―house‖ means a dwelling-house, whether private or not and whether realty or personalty;

―local authority area‖ means the area under the jurisdiction of a local authority;

―Minister‖ in relation to any Federal matter means the Federal Minister and in relation to any State matter means the Sabah Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for the matter to which the provision relates;

―occupier‖ means the person in occupation of any premises 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;

―owner‖ includes the person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or as agent, trustee or receiver, or who would receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant, and includes the Government;

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―premises‖ includes messages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private and whether maintained under statutory authority or not;

―State matter‖ means any matter enumerated in the State List (that is to say, the

Second List set out in the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution).