Singapore legislation
Section 22B
Section 22B
Duty to retrofit exterior feature
(1)
Where an exterior feature of a prescribed building has been installed on, forms part of, or projects outwards from the building at any time before the applicable date prescribed for the exterior feature, the person responsible for the exterior feature must carry out or cause to be carried out retrofitting of that exterior feature in such manner, by such person and using such material as may be prescribed in relation to that exterior feature —
where there is no prescribed age for that exterior feature, or the exterior feature is, on that applicable date, of the prescribed age or older — within the grace period prescribed for that exterior feature; or
where the exterior feature is, on that applicable date, less than the prescribed age — within the grace period prescribed for that exterior feature or within the period before the exterior feature attains the prescribed age, whichever period is the longer.
(2)
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3)
If a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2), it is a defence for the person to prove that the person was not the person responsible for the exterior feature at any time during that grace period or before the exterior feature attained that prescribed age, as the case may be.
(4)
For the purposes of this Act, the age of an exterior feature of a building is to be reckoned from the date of its first installation on that building as determined in accordance with the date that is prescribed under section 22C for that exterior feature.
(5)
Nothing in this section is to be construed as —
prohibiting or preventing the Commissioner of Building Control from exercising any of his or her powers under any other provision of this Act or the building regulations; or
derogating from the effect of any other provision of this Act or the building regulations or any other written law for the time being in force.