(d) to let or use for habitation any dwelling or room erected anywhere after the 1st January, 1925, in contravention of paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection substituted by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] 94 Regulations (1) The Minister may make regulations, and may confer powers and impose duties in connection with the carrying out and enforcement thereof on local authorities, district administrators and district officers, owners and others, as to— (a) the inspection of land, dwellings and buildings, and for securing the keeping of the same clean and free from nuisance and so as not to endanger the health of the inmates or the public health; (b) the construction of buildings, including matters relating to— (i) proper lighting and ventilation; (ii) measures for excluding insects and vermin; (iii) sanitary conveniences; (iv) other matters necessary or desirable to safeguard the health of the inmates or the public health; (c) the prevention of overcrowding in any dwelling or building, including the prohibition of the use of any dwelling or building or any part of a dwelling or building for sleeping purposes; (d) the regulation, prohibition or control of the cooking, preparation or storage of food in any building or part of a building where the facilities therefor are inadequate; (e) the periodical cleansing and whitewashing or other treatment of dwellings and the cleansing of land attached thereto and the removal of rubbish or refuse therefrom by the owners of the dwellings; (f) the drainage of land or premises, the disposal of offensive liquids and the removal and disposal of rubbish, refuse, manure and waste matters; (g) the standard or standards of purity of any effluent liquid containing waste, sewage or other offensive matter which might be a danger to the public health and the conditions whereunder such effluent may be used for domestic, agricultural, industrial or other purposes so as not to endanger the public health; (h) the keeping of animals or birds and the construction, cleanliness and drainage of places where animals or birds are kept; (i) the establishment and carrying on of factories or trade premises which are liable to cause offensive smells or effluvia or to discharge liquid or other material liable to cause such smells or effluvia or to pollute streams or which are otherwise liable to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health, and prohibiting the establishment or carrying on of such factories or trade premises in unsuitable localities or so as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health. (2) Any person who contravenes any provision of regulations made in terms of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection substituted by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] PART X GENERAL 95 Contributions to cost of laboratories and voluntary associations concerned with public health The Minister, subject to such conditions as he may in each case fix and determine, may— (a) contribute towards the cost of construction, or maintenance of laboratories or other institutions engaged in carrying out researches or investigations regarding human diseases or towards the cost of any such researches or investigations; (b) contribute towards the costs incurred by any local authority or educational institution or any public voluntary society or association in connection with maternity welfare or child welfare, the training of health inspectors or health visitors, instruction in first aid or home nursing or any other matter relating to public health. 96 Powers and duties of Chief Health Officer and assistant health officers Every assistant health officer of the Ministry may, with the authority and on behalf of the Chief Health Officer, discharge any of the duties or functions of the Chief Health Officer, and any duties imposed or powers conferred by this Act on Government medical officers may be carried out or exercised by the Chief Health Officer or any assistant health officer of the Ministry.