Section 35
Duty to operate and maintain private sewerage system, etc.
of Sewerage Services Enactment 2017
The owner, management corporation or occupier of any premises having a private sewerage system or septic tank shall-
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(a)
grant adequate access to the septic tank for the purpose of enabling the septic tank to be serviced and desludged;
(b)
cause the private sewerage system, septic tank, private connection pipe,individual internal sewerage piping, common internal sewerage piping and all accessories thereto to be so maintained and kept as not to be a nuisance or harmful to health; and
(c)
cause the septic tank to be desludged by a sewerage services contractor.
(2)
The owner, management corporation or occupier of any premises, as the case may be, shall be solely responsible for the maintenance, refurbishment or replacement of the individual internal sewerage piping or the common internal sewerage piping.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit.