Singapore legislation

Section 35

of Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act

Section 35

Proceedings where owner is unknown

(1)

Where the name or address of the owner of any premises with regard to which a Magistrate’s Court is empowered to make a mandatory order is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be discovered, the Court may issue a summons addressed to the owner of the premises.

(2)

The summons may be served in the manner specified in section 57.

(3)

If the owner does not appear on the date of the hearing of the summons, the Court may make such an order upon him in his absence as it might have made in his presence except that it shall not inflict any fine upon him.[34

Section 35 — Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act