Singapore legislation
Section 97
Section 97
District Court may make conditional order for removal of nuisance, etc.
(1)
Whenever a District Court considers on receiving a report or other information and on taking such evidence, if any, as it thinks fit, that —
any unlawful obstruction or nuisance should be removed from any way, harbour, lake, river or channel which is or may be lawfully used by the public or from any public place;
any trade or occupation or the keeping of any goods or merchandise, by reason of its being injurious to the health or physical comfort of the community, should be suppressed or removed or prohibited;
the construction of any building or the disposal of any substance, as likely to occasion conflagration or explosion, should be prevented or stopped;
any building is in such a condition that it is likely to fall and thereby cause injury to persons living or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing by, and that in consequence its removal, repair or support is necessary; or
any tank, well or excavation adjacent to any such way or public place should be fenced in such a manner as to prevent danger arising to the public,the Court may make a conditional order requiring the person or corporation causing the obstruction or nuisance or carrying on the trade or occupation or keeping any such goods or merchandise, or owning, possessing or controlling such building, substance, tank, well or excavation within a time to be fixed in the order to —
remove the obstruction or nuisance;
suppress or remove the trade or occupation;
remove the goods or merchandise;
prevent or stop the construction of the building;
remove, repair or support it;
alter the disposal of the substance;
fence the tank, well or excavation, as the case may be; or
appear before the Court at a time and place to be fixed by the order and move to have the order set aside or modified in the manner hereinafter provided.[Form 17.]
(2)
No order duly made by a court under this section shall be called in question in any court except by way of appeal.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, “public place” includes property belonging to the State and grounds left unoccupied for sanitary or recreative purposes. [96