s 24 Prohibition against disposal of industrial waste in unauthorised places
24.—(1) A person must not dispose of or cause or permit to be disposed of industrial waste in or at any place except in or at a public disposal facility or a disposal facility established pursuant to a waste disposal licence granted by the Director-General under section 23(2).[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and to imprisonment for a term of not less than one month and not more than 12 months. (3) For the purposes of this Act, a person is said to dispose of industrial waste if the person burns, sells, gives away, discards, dumps, incinerates, deposits, processes, recycles, throws or treats such waste and “disposal” is to be construed accordingly.