Singapore legislation

Section 35

of Street Works Act 1995

Section 35

Mandatory order

(1)

Where any owner or occupier is required under this Act to erect or remove any building or thing or to perform any other work and after due notice fails to erect or remove the building or thing or to perform the work within the prescribed time, the Authority may make an order (called a mandatory order) requiring the owner or occupier to execute the required work within the time specified in the order.

(2)

Where a person against whom a mandatory order is made fails to comply with the requirements of the order —

(a)

the person shall, unless the person satisfies the court that the person has used all due diligence to carry out the order, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 a day during the person’s default; and

(b)

the Authority or any person authorised by the Authority may enter the premises and execute the work so required to be executed and the expenses thereby incurred by the Authority must be paid by the person in default and, if that person is the owner, section 43 applies in respect of those expenses, and in any other case section 40 applies.

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