Section 12
Prohibition against depositing refuse etc. in public place
of Miscellaneous Offences Act ( Formerly Known as Minor Offences Act)
(1)
Any person who —
(a)
places, deposits or throws any dust, dirt, paper, ashes, carcase, refuse, boxes, barrels, bales or other article or thing in any public place;
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(b)
keeps or leaves any article or thing whatsoever in any place where it or particles therefrom have passed or are likely to pass into any public place;
(c)
throws, places, spills or scatters any blood, brine, swill, noxious liquid or other offensive or filthy matter of any kind in such manner as to run or fall into any public place;
(d)
drops, spills or scatters any dirt, sand, earth, gravel, clay, loam, stone, grass, straw, shavings, saw-dust, ashes, garden refuse, stable refuse, trade refuse, manure, garbage or any other thing or matter in any public place, whether from a moving or stationary vehicle or in any other manner;
(e)
throws or leaves behind any bottle, glass, can, food container, food wrapper, particles of food or any other article or thing in any public place;
(f)
without lawful authority, abandons on any part of a road or on any land in the open air —
(i)
a vehicle; or
(ii)
any other thing, being a thing which he has brought to the land for the purpose of abandoning it there, is guilty of an offence and may be arrested without warrant by any police officer and any person authorised by the Minister by notification published in the Gazette and taken before a Court of a Magistrate and is liable on conviction —
(A)
in the case of an individual, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not exceeding $3,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $3,000 and not exceeding $9,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both; and
(B)
in the case of a body corporate, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction,
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to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not exceeding $30,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.
(2)
The Court of a Magistrate may, on convicting any person under subsection (1), order his photograph to be taken by a police photographer or other photographer. Any such photograph may be preserved and may be produced to any court for the purpose of establishing identity on a subsequent conviction.
(3)
In subsection (1) —
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes; and
“vehicle” means any vehicle, whether or not it is in a fit state for use on roads, and includes any chassis or body, with or without wheels, appearing to have formed part of such a vehicle, and any load carried by and anything attached to such a vehicle.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (1)(f), a person who leaves any thing on any part of a road or on any land in the open air in such circumstances or for such a period that he may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it or to have brought it there for the purpose of abandoning it there is deemed to have abandoned it there or, as the case may be, to have brought it there for that purpose unless the contrary is shown.
(5)
Where, at any time, a vehicle is found abandoned in contravention of subsection (1)(f)(i), any person who, at that time, is registered under Part 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 68) (which provides for the registration of motor vehicles) as the owner of the abandoned vehicle or of a vehicle of which the abandoned vehicle appears to have formed a part, shall be presumed to be guilty of such contravention if the person (not being the registered owner) who actually committed such contravention is not known or cannot be ascertained or found.
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OFFENCES RELATING TO ANIMALS AND VEHICLES