Singapore legislation

Section 10

of Parks and Trees Act 2005

Section 10

Destruction, damage, etc., of notices, boundary marks, etc.

(1)

A person must not wilfully or negligently destroy, damage or deface any object of zoological, botanical, geological, ethnological, scientific or aesthetic interest within any national park or nature reserve.

(2)

A person must not —

(a)

destroy, damage, deface, alter or remove any notice or other sign erected by or on behalf of the Board within any national park or nature reserve; or

(b)

knowingly destroy, damage, deface, alter or remove any boundary mark within any national park or nature reserve.

(3)

A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

(4)

Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to —

(a)

the Commissioner, an authorised officer or a park ranger acting in the performance of his or her duty under this Act;

(b)

any other officer or employee of the Board acting in the performance of his or her duty under this Act or any other written law; and

(c)

any police officer or workman assisting a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) to carry out his or her duty.

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