Singapore legislation
Section 41
Section 41
Supply of piped water suitable for drinking with approval of Board
(1)
A person other than the Board must not supply piped water suitable for drinking except with the written approval of the Board.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) 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 5 years or to both.
(3)
Every written approval given by the Board must be in such form and for such period and may contain such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.
(4)
No written approval given by the Board is transferable without the prior written consent of the Board.
(5)
Any purported transfer of any written approval is void.
(6)
If a person who has been given written approval contravenes any of the terms and conditions of the approval or section 42, the Board may require that person to show cause in writing why the Board should not do any of the following:
require that person to provide security in such form and of such amount as the Board considers appropriate for securing compliance with the terms and conditions of the approval or section 42;
impose on that person a financial penalty not exceeding $50,000; or
revoke the approval or suspend it for such period as the Board considers appropriate.
(7)
If the Board is not satisfied with any written representation or explanation of the person required to show cause under subsection (6), the Board may —
require that person to provide security in such form and of such amount as the Board considers appropriate for securing compliance with the terms and conditions of the approval or section 42;
impose on that person a financial penalty not exceeding $50,000; or
revoke the approval or suspend it for such period as the Board considers appropriate.
(8)
The financial penalty imposed on a person under subsection (7) and any interest payable under subsection (9) —
must be collected, and may be sued for and recovered, by the Board;
are to be treated as a debt due to the Government for the purposes of section 397 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and section 10 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956; and
must be paid into the Consolidated Fund upon such collection or recovery,and the person’s liability to pay is not affected by the person’s written approval under this section ceasing, for any reason, to be in force.
(9)
Where the financial penalty imposed on a person under subsection (7) is not paid in full by the due date for payment (called in this section the outstanding sum), the person concerned is liable to pay interest at the prescribed rate on the outstanding sum.
(10)
The Board may recover, as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction, the outstanding sum and any interest payable under subsection (9).
(11)
Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Board under subsection (7) may, within 14 days of the receipt by the person of the decision, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.
(12)
Any decision of the Board appealed against under subsection (11) must be complied with until the determination of the appeal, except that any security or financial penalty that is the subject of the appeal need not be paid until the determination of the appeal.
(13)
This section does not apply to the supply of piped water suitable for drinking solely to the Board.