Fiji has a no-littering law.
The Litter Decree was, in fact, enacted and put in force in 1991.
The intent was to bring littering under control through the application of the provisions contained therein.
The following is the provision that is designed to deal with offenders:
A litter prevention officer may, if he believes that a person has committed an offence against Sections 6(a), 6(b), 8 or 9, issue to that person a litter offence notice.
(2) A litter offence notice shall be in the form set out in a form to be prescribed by the Minister responsible for Housing and Urban Development
and shall:
(a) state the place, date and time of the alleged offence;
(b) describe briefly the nature of the litter concerned;
(c) state the name and address of the person to whom the notice is issued;
(d) notify the person to whom the notice is issued when and where the specified penalty may be paid;
(e) state that if the specified penalty is not paid, proceedings for an offence may be commenced.
(3) If the person to whom a litter offence notice is issued pays the prescribed penalty within 21 days of the issue to him of the notice, no proceedings against him for the offence disclosed in the notice may be commenced or continued.
(4) The prescribed penalty, for the purposes of this section is
(a) for an offence against Section 6(a) or 6(b) = $40
(b) for an offence against Section 8(1) – $40
(c) for an-offence against Section 8(2)- $40
(d) for an offence against Section 9 – $40
We wish to ask relevant authorities as to how many offenders have been booked as provided for in the decree mentioned.
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