Singapore legislation

Section 110

of Public Utilities Act

Section 110

Unauthorised connection with main, pipe, etc., of Board or public licensee

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

lays or causes to be laid any pipe or line to communicate with any main, pipe, standpipe, hydrant or line belonging to or under the management or control of the Board without the consent of the Board; or

(b)

wastes any water,shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who —

(a)

dishonestly or fraudulently abstracts, uses or consumes, or dishonestly or fraudulently diverts or causes to be diverted, any water, electricity or gas supplied by the Board or a public licensee;

(b)

without the written consent of the Board or a public licensee, supplies for consideration any other person with any water, electricity or gas supplied to him for any purpose by the Board or the licensee; or

(c)

alters or tampers with any meter supplied by the Board or a public licensee,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

(3)

Where any person is prosecuted for an offence under subsection (2)(c) —

(a)

the possession by him of any device for altering the index of any meter or for preventing any meter from duly registering the quantity of water, electricity or gas supplied by the Board or a public licensee;

(b)

the existence of any hole on the meter cover of any meter supplied by the Board or a public licensee;

(c)

the existence of any damage to, removal of or change to the chemical composition of any paint or other chemical compound applied by a public licensee over any screw, or other component or mechanism of any meter; or

(d)

the existence of any damage to the seal which is fastened to the outer cover of any meter to ensure that the cover is not removed, opened, dislodged or otherwise tampered with,when the meter is in the custody or under the control of the person, shall be prima facie evidence that the person has altered or tampered with the meter.

Section 110 — Public Utilities Act | laws.sg