Prevention of Mosquito Breeding Act 2007 · As enacted
3. Owner or occupier to be directed to take certain measures
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Where it appears to the Competent Authority that any premises or anything kept or maintained therein has become favourable to the breeding of mosquitoes, the
Competent Authority may by written Notice require the owner or occupier of such premises, to adopt or take any one or more of the following measures within the time specified in such Notice :—
the repair of all gutters, down-pipes and drains of any building found in that premises;
the construction or reconstruction of any cistern, tank or artificial pond found in the premises in such manner so as to make it capable of being emptied periodically;
to temporarily drain and clear any cistern, tank or pond found in the premises and the closing thereof when it is no longer being used by the owner or occupier of the premises;
to maintain any well found in the premises in such condition so as to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes;
to fill-up, drain or treat with larvicide, any excavation, disused well, cesspit, pond or any other place where water is capable of being collected and stagnated;
to fill up pits and low lying areas found within the premises;
to fill-up or drain or treat once a week with larvicide, swamps and water courses and water logged area as found in the premises;
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remove, uproot and destroy water plants having the botanical name “Pistia Stratiotes” and commonly known as “DiyaParandal”, “Kondepasei”, “Barawa
Pasei”, or “Nanayaviraddi” “Telpassy”, or of any other water plant or plants which may be found to afford breeding conditions to mosquitoes;
prevent the spread of any water plant referred to in paragraph (h), by the erection of suitable barriers which will stop such plant from floating along any water-course; and
any other measures, which the Competent Authority or any Public Health Inspector authorised in that behalf, may deem necessary.
The written Notice referred to in subsection (1), shall further inform that in the event the owner or occupier neglects or fails to comply with such Notice within the time specified therein, the Competent Authority shall be forced to carry out the measures specified in the Notice, and any expenses incurred in carrying out the same shall be recovered from such owner or occupier.