Singapore legislation
Section 85
Section 85
Damage to property of electricity licensee
(1)
Any person who —
removes, destroys or damages any electrical plant or electricity cable which is part of a transmission system that belongs to or that is under the management or control of an electricity licensee;
causes or permits the removal, destruction or damage of such electrical plant or electricity cable; or
in any way other than by paragraph (a) or (b), wilfully or recklessly hinders or prevents such electrical plant or electricity cable from being used or operated in the manner in which it is intended to be used or operated,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
(2)
[Deleted by Act 42 of 2018]
(3)
[Deleted by Act 42 of 2018]
(4)
Any person (A) may apprehend any other person (B) if B within A’s view commits an offence under this section and must, on such apprehension without unreasonable delay, hand over B to a police officer.
(5)
In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (b), it is a defence for the person charged to prove that the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
(6)
If in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (b), the defence involves acting on information supplied by a licensed cable detection worker, the person charged is not, without leave of the court, entitled to rely on that defence unless the person charged has, within 14 clear days before the hearing, served on the prosecutor a written notice giving such information as was then in the possession of the person charged identifying or assisting in the identification of the licensed cable detection worker.