Section 29
Unauthorized connection to public sewer, etc.
of Sewerage Services Enactment 2017
No person shall, without the prior written permission of the Director-
(a)
make or cause or permit any private connection pipe, drain or sewer to connect directly or indirectly to any public sewer or public sewage treatment works; or
(b)
close up, obstruct, stop or deviate or cause to close up, obstruct, stop or deviate any public sewer.
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(2)
The Director may-
(a)
order any person contravening paragraph 1(a) to take necessary action as the Director thinks fit; or
(b)
demolish or otherwise remove the obstruction, private connection pipe, drain or sewer and recover the expenses incurred in doing so from the person.
(3)
The Director may refuse to permit any person to make a connection to any public sewer or public sewage treatment works if-
(a)
the public sewer or public sewage treatment works do not or will not have the necessary capability or capacity to receive the sewage which will be discharged through the proposed connection; or
(c)
it appears to the Director that the mode of construction or the condition of the public sewer or public sewage treatment works is such that the making of the connection is likely to be prejudicial to the public sewerage system.
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or fails to comply with an order issued under subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.