PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE, 1960 (No. 7 of 1960) KOTA KINABALU MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (OFFENSIVE TRADES) BY-LAWS, 1966

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE, 1960 (No. 7 of 1960)

KOTA KINABALU MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (OFFENSIVE TRADES) BY-LAWS, 1966

(G.N.L. 34 of 1966)

In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 109 of the Public Health Ordinance, 1960, the Jesselton Town Board has made the following by-laws;

1. Title and commencement.

These By-laws may be cited as the Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council (Offensive Trades) By-laws, 1966and shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1966.

2. Fee.

The licence fee to use a premises for the purpose of an offensive trade granted under subsection (2) of section 105 of the Public Health Ordinance, 1960 shall be $250.00 per month for tyre factories and $60.00 per month for other offensive trades.

3. Exhibition of licence.

Every holder of a licence shall exhibit such licence in a conspicuous place on the premises to which it relates so as to be visible to every person entering the premises.

4. Offensive products and materials.

No product, by-product or material used in connection with or resulting from an offensive trade shall be placed, spread or hung up to dry in any place within the following distance of any building used for human habitation --

(a)in the case of the offensive trades of a blood boiler, blood cleaner, blood drier, glue maker, gut scraper, knacker, manure maker, manure storer, skin curer, skin storer and tanner -- a distance of thirty yards.

(b)in the case of other offensive trades -- a distance of fifteen yards.

5. Penalty. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these By-laws shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of five hundred ringgit.

5A. Compounding of offence.

(1) The Mayor may compound any offence including but not limited to breach of licence condition imposed by the Mayor under these By-laws by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence upon payment to the Mayor of such amount not exceeding Ringgit Malaysia five hundred.

(2) Where an offence has been compounded under this By-law, no prosecution shall thereafter be instituted in respect of such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made

6. Repeal.

Part VI of the Jesselton Town Board (General) By-laws, 1956is repealed.

Dated at Jesselton, this 30th day of April, 1966.

LAI EN KONG,

Chairman,

Jesselton Town Board.

I approve the foregoing By-laws.

Dated Jesselton, this 13th day of May, 1966.

RICHARD E. YAP,

Minister of Health.

LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short Title/Citation In force from Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council (Offensive Trades)(Amendment) By-laws, 1982 City of Kota Kinabalu (Offensive Trades)(Amendment) By-laws, 2003 Malaysian Currency (Ringgit) Act 1975 G.N.L. 36/1966 (Corri.) G.N.L. 46/1982 G.N.L. 13/2004 Act 160 (Modification) 1-4-1982 21-10-1984 21-8-1975