Section 3

No person shall erect or build any sea wall or river wall, or construct any revetment along the bank of any port, river or channel, or erect any permanent building or structure within 15 metres of the foreshore or of any such bank, except in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Director-General of Public Works.

The decision of the Director-General of Public Works as to the plans and specifications with a statement of his requirements shall be delivered within one month from the date of the deposit of the plans and specifications, and if no intimation of disapproval is given by the Director-General of Public Works within that time it shall be assumed that the plans and specifications have been approved.

For the purposes of this Act the Director-General of Public Works or any officer authorised thereto by him in writing may enter upon and inspect any buildings or premises to which the plans and specifications relate.

Any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000.

Any building or construction built or erected in contravention of this section may be removed by order of the Minister, and the cost of its removal shall be recoverable as a Government debt from the person building or erecting it.

This section shall not apply to any property held by the Port of Singapore Authority or any other statutory body as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.