Public Health Act
141. Gutters may be required to be perforated
141. Gutters may be required to be perforated
It shall be lawful for the medical officer of health by written notice to require the occupier or owner of any premises upon or attached to which is any gutter, pipe, groove or waterway used or intended for carrying off water from any roof or other place to cause the same to be perforated by holes at least every two feet in such a manner as to prevent the collection or accumulation of water therein, and if any person duly served with such notice fails to comply with the provisions thereof within such times as may be specified therein he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred shillings, and to a further fine not exceeding twenty shillings for each day during which he continues to make such default.Source: Kenya Law