Singapore legislation
Section 26
Section 26
Refund of deposit when street works have been completed
(1)
Where a deposit has been made under section 24(5) and street works have been carried out to the satisfaction of the Director-General, the Director-General may, upon an application in the prescribed form, refund to the person who made the deposit the whole or part of the deposit.
(2)
The Director-General may retain the deposit or any part of the deposit, if he is of the opinion that —
the street works have not been executed properly;
the building operations, in regard to the erection of any building which has not been commenced or completed, would require further street works to be executed; or
it is required for a period of maintenance, which period shall not exceed 12 months.
(3)
In this section and in section 27, “building operations” means such works as are carried out for the erection of any new building, including works which are preparatory to the erection of a new building.[25