Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Works likely to affect sewer or sewerage system not to be carried out without Board’s certificate or approval
(1)
A person must not —
erect or cause or permit to be erected any object, building or structure over, across or adjacent to any sewer or sewerage system; or
carry out or cause to be carried out any other works which adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect any sewer or sewerage system, directly or indirectly,without obtaining, in respect of those works, a clearance certificate or the approval of the Board under section 33.
(2)
Where any object, building or structure is erected or any other works are carried out in contravention of subsection (1), the Board may, by written notice, require any person specified in subsection (3) to do one or more of the following:
to immediately cease the carrying out of those works, either indefinitely or for such period as the Board may specify;
to carry out any works that the Board may think necessary to protect the sewer or sewerage system within the time specified in the notice;
to demolish and remove the object, building or structure within the time specified in the notice.
(3)
The notice mentioned in subsection (2) may be served on all or any of the following persons:
the person who does or causes or permits to be done any of the acts referred to in subsection (1);
the owner or occupier of the premises where the object, building or structure referred to in subsection (1)(a) is erected;
the owner or occupier of the premises where the works referred to in subsection (1)(b) are being carried out;
any person having power to demolish the object, building or structure referred to in subsection (1)(a).
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
(5)
In this section, “works”, in addition to its meaning in section 2, includes —
any act of excavating earth, rock or other material (by any means) in connection with —
any work for or relating to the construction, reconstruction, extension, renovation, alteration, demolition or repair of any building, structure, road, railway, bridge, viaduct, flyover, drain or sewer;
any work for or relating to the laying, inspecting, repairing or renewing of any main, pipe, cable, fittings or other apparatus; or
any soil investigation work;
any act of boring, dredging, jacking, levelling, piling or tunnelling on or under any premises or street by any mechanical means;
the driving or sinking of any earth rod, casing or tube into the ground; and
any storage or placement of large construction equipment, construction materials and stockpiling of earth or heavy objects.