Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Dangerous trades not to be carried on without licence
(1)
No premises shall, except in accordance with a licence from the Building Authority, be used by any person for any of the following trades or purposes:
tallow-melting and candle making;
making or storing matches, fireworks, carbide or any industrial gas;
making or storing charcoal;
a sawmill or place for depositing or storing coal, wood, timber, attap, kajang, thatching, grass, hay, straw or other flammable materials otherwise than for domestic use in that place;
a foundry or smithy;
the manufacture, storage, treatment, smoking or preparation of rubber, gutta percha, jelutong and any other form of getah;
the manufacture, storage or treatment of cinematograph or other films;
a garage or place kept or used for repairing, painting, washing, storing, housing or parking motor vehicles or a place where a pump is maintained from which petrol or oil is supplied to motor vehicles, except a garage or place used in connection with a private dwelling-house and kept for private use only; and
such other trades or purposes as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
(2)
The Building Authority may at any time suspend or revoke any licence under subsection (1) without assigning any reason therefor.
(3)
Any person who uses or permits to be used any premises without a licence for any of the trades or purposes specified in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(4)
Where the Building Authority is satisfied that any premises have been or are being used in contravention of this section he may enter the premises and seize all movable property found therein.