mals, other than wild game, unless such animals have been slaughtered in a slaughter-house licensed or approved by such local authority. (2) Any person who acts in contravention of a prohibition issued in terms of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection as amended by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] 81 Inspection of meat and fees for inspection (1) Subject to subsection (4), a municipal council or town council may inspect any meat slaughtered at a slaughter-house licensed by it or any meat intended for sale within its district and may charge fees at a rate approved by the Minister for such inspection: Provided that if inspection fees have been charged in respect of any inspection of meat by another local authority or inspector appointed in terms of regulations or by such competent authority outside the borders of Zimbabwe as may be prescribed by regulation, no further inspection fees shall be charged. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may in regulations — (a) provide for the compulsory inspection of— (i) animals which are slaughtered at slaughter-houses specified in the regulations; (ii) the carcasses of and the meat obtained from animals referred to in subparagraph (i); (b) provide for the appointment of officers of the Public Service as inspectors for the purposes of the regulations; (c) prescribe the fees which shall be payable to the State for the inspection of animals, carcasses and meat referred to in paragraph (a), the circumstances in which the fees shall be paid and the persons by whom the fees shall be paid. (3) The Minister shall not in regulations made in terms of subsection (2) specify a slaughter-house in respect of which a municipal council or town council is exercising the powers of inspection conferred upon it by subsection (1) unless he is requested to do so by the municipal council or town council. (4) No fees shall be charged for the inspection by a municipal council or town council in terms of subsection (1) of meat slaughtered at a slaughter-house specified in regulations made in terms of subsection (2). PART IX S ANITATION A ND H OUSING 82 Nuisances prohibited No person shall cause a nuisance, or shall suffer to exist on any land or premises owned or occupied by him, or of which he is in charge, any nuisance or other condition liable to be injurious or dangerous to health. 83 Local authorities to maintain cleanliness and prevent nuisances It shall be the duty of every local authority to take all lawful, necessary and reasonably practical measures for maintaining its district at all times in a clean and sanitary condition, and for preventing the occurrence therein of, or for remedying or causing to be remedied, any nuisance or condition liable to be injurious or dangerous to health, and to take proceedings at law against any person causing or responsible for the continuance of any such nuisance or condition. 84 Local authorities to prevent or remedy danger to health arising from unsuitable dwellings It shall be the duty of every local authority to take all lawful, necessary and reasonably practicable measures for preventing or causing to be prevented or remedied all conditions liable to be injurious or dangerous to health arising from the erection of or occupation of unhealthy dwellings or premises or the erection of dwellings or premises on unhealthy sites or on sites of insufficient extent, or from overcrowding, or from the construction, condition or manner of use of any factory or trade premises, and to take proceedings under the law or regulations in force in its district against any person causing or responsible for the contin uance of any such condition. 85 What constitutes a nuisance The following shall be deemed to be nuisances liable to be dealt with in the manner provided in this Part— (a) any dwelling or premises which is or are of such construction or in such a state or so situated or so dirty or so verminous as to be injurious or dangerous to health, or which is or are liable to favour the spread of any infectious disease; (b) any stream, pool, lagoon, ditch, gutter, watercourse, sink, cistern, sanitary convenience, urinal, cesspool, cesspit, drain, sewer, dungpit, slop-tank, ashpit or manure heap so foul or in such a state or so situated or constructed as to be offensive or to be injurious or dangerous to health; or any collection of water which may serve as a breeding pool for mosquitoes; (c) any well or other source of water supply or any cistern or other receptacle for water, whether public or private, the water from which is used or is likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic purposes or in connection with any dairy or milk-shop, or in connection with the manufacture or preparation of any