Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupier of each shop and commercial establishment to keep its premises clean and not to throw, litter, deposit or burn any waste on its premises or allow customers to throw, litter, deposit or burn any waste on its premises. (2) The Secretary or an officer specially authorised by the Secretary may, on being satisfied that any person has violated the provisions in sub-section (1), impose a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees on such person on the basis of extent, gravity and nature of the said violation. (3) The fine imposed under sub-section (2) shall be remitted within fifteen days from the date of its imposition and in default of such payment, the Secretary shall initiate prosecution proceedings without prejudice to any other actions that may be taken against him. Explanation.-- For the purpose of this section, the words 'shops' and 'commercial establishment' shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act,1960 (34 of 1960).] Substituted by ACT 5 OF 2024 published in K.G.Ext. No. 819 dt. 04/03/2024 (09/12/2023). Prior to the Substitution it read as "Prohibition of improper disposal of carcasses, rubbish and filth.-- (1) No person shall after due provision has been made under section 219 A by the Village Panchayat for the deposit and removal of rubbish, solid waste, carcasses or filth, deposit the same. (a) in any street or on a verandah of any building or any unoccupied ground along the side of any road or any public quay, jetty or landing place or on the bank of a water course or pond; or (b) in any dust bin or vehicle not intended for the removal of the same; or. (c) in any vehicle or vessel intended for such removal except to ameliorate or to prevent the spreading of bad smell. (2) without prejudice to the generality of the provisions in sub-section (1) no person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any building rubbish on any streets or on any public or private land without the previous permission of Village Panchayat: Provided that, no permission shall be granted without paying the fee as determined by the Village Panchayat: Provided further that, the secretary may, for reasons to be recorded in writing refuse to give such permission."