Singapore legislation
Section 13A
Section 13A
Duty to enquire before excavation
(1)
Any person who digs, bores, trenches, grades, excavates, tunnels or breaks any ground with any mechanical equipment, tool or explosive, or allows the person’s employee or agent to do so, without first —
obtaining from the Board the relevant drainage plan or sewerage plan or other plans or records to ascertain the location of any public sewerage system or part thereof that may be interfered with by such works;
carrying out trial trenches to physically ascertain the location of any public sewerage system or part thereof that may be interfered with by such works; and
complying with such other requirements as the Board may specify to protect any public sewerage system or part thereof within the vicinity of such works,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.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), any person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be permitted to inspect and take copies of the relevant plans or records maintained by or on behalf of the Board.