View All - 2007 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO BREEDINGMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Mosquito Breeding Act, No. 11 of 2007.2. Prohibition against creating conditions favourable to the breeding of mosquitoes. 3. Owner or occupier to be directed to take certain measures. 4. Failure to comply with requirements imposed by sections 2 or 3 to be an offence. 5. Competent Authority to carry out work or measures. 6. Recovery of expenses incurred as cost under section 5. 7. Spraying of pesticides. 8. Resisting or obstructing Competent Authority &c;. 9. Lessening the efficiency of any measures adopted. 10. Co-owners and co-occupiers to be liable severally. 11. Protection for an act or omission done or purported to be done in good faith. 12. Directions to be issued to local authorities who fail to maintain drains, canals &c,. which they are required to maintain. 13. Power of entry and inspection. 14. Competent Authority and delegation by the Competent Authority. 15. Offences to be cognizable offences. 16. Prosecutions under this Act to require sanction. 17. Prosecution procedure. 18. Competent Authority etc. to be peace officers. 19. Service of notices. 20. Act to bind the Republic etc. 21. Protection for action taken under this Act. 22. Offences committed by a body of persons. 23. Regulations. 24. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency. 25. Interpretation.