Construction in Benin : These articles to master by heart

The National Assembly voted on 16 February 2022 the Law on public hygiene in the Republic of Benin. This law promulgated by the President of the Republic updates the old law passed in 1987. This is a document of 186 articles divided into five books. Gaskiyani Info notes in this publication some articles that citizens must master by heart. Aware of the fact that no one is supposed to ignore the law, it seems useful to us to share with you some articles of the law on public hygiene.

Article 3 : It is prohibited to perform acts likely to harm public hygiene..

Article 4 : Any environmental police officer, designated by the minister responsible for the environment, with free access during legal hours, to all establishments, public and private facilities and domains. to carry out the necessary visits or inspections or control the application of public hygiene measures. The legal hours of access to the premises are between six (06) twenty-one hours (21) hours.

Outside these legal hours, any access is subject to authorization from the competent judicial authority.

Article 8 : No one has the right to obstruct public roads and drainage channels.

Article 9 : It is prohibited to urinate or defecate near public roads and in public places..

Article 10 : It is prohibited to abandon any objects on public roads and places, in this case cans, plastic objects, fish or trash, wrecks of all kinds, likely to affect its cleanliness.

Article 11 : Local authorities install and maintain wherever necessary, adequate infrastructure, especially showers, lavatories, urinals and trash cans.

 Article 12: It is forbidden to curl up, to wash utensils, Laundry, machines, vehicles and cars on public roads and places.

Article 13 : It is prohibited to throw away or bury dead animals., remains of all kinds and household waste on public roads.

Article 16 : It is prohibited to deposit, to throw or bury waste of any kind on public roads and places, on the banks or in the ponds, the rivers, the rivers, the lakes, the ponds, rainwater drainage canals and irrigation canals or near any water point

Article 17: It is prohibited to discharge wastewater of any origin whatsoever., fats, drain oils, excrement on public roads and squares, in gutters and watercourses.

Article 44 : The sale of foodstuffs around and within the establishments of the different levels of education takes place in hygienic conditions..

People who engage in these activities are subject to, in advance and per semester, to a visit and medical analyzes.

Control of the protection of foodstuffs around and within schools and universities falls under the jurisdiction of the municipality and the ministry in charge of health..

Article 113 : It is prohibited to mix fecal or urinary matter with household waste..

Article 114 : It is prohibited to bury animal corpses., remains of all kinds and household waste inside homes.

Article 129 : The operation of traditional morgues is prohibited

Article 137 : The installation of noisy activities or any other source of intense noise is prohibited around establishments of different levels of education., health facilities, places of worship, cemeteries, barracks, residential areas and other administrative services.

Article 138 : Abusive and inadvertent use of loudspeakers, sound alarms and the installation of any noisy activity are prohibited in urban areas, except special authorization from the municipal authority

In any case, they are forbidden from thirteen (13) o'clock at fifteen (15) hours and twenty-two (22) o'clock at seven (07) hours.

Article 139 : Noise emissions from vehicles and other motor vehicles comply with current regulations.

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