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Section 52

of Sustainable Resources and Wastes Management, 2025

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 43 of 65

Section 52

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(1)

The Chief Executive Officer or any authorized person or any police officer not below the rank of inspector or any police officer in charge of a police station (referred to in this section collectively as an “investigating officer”) may carry out investigation into any offence under this Ordinance and regulations made hereunder, and in carrying out such investigation, the investigating officer may exercise all or any of the special powers in relation to police investigations provided in the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593].

(2)

Any investigating officer may in writing require the attendance before himself of a person who appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of that case or is suspected of being concerned with any offence under this Ordinance and regulations made hereunder, under investigation.

(3)

If the person who is so required to attend fails to comply therewith, the investigating officer may report such failure to a

Magistrate who will issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person.