Singapore legislation
Clause 105
Clause 105
Closing and demolition, etc., of insanitary dwellings
(1)
When a Health Officer has certified in writing that in his opinion any building or part of a building or anything attached to a building used or occupied as a dwelling is unfit for human habitation and cannot be rendered fit therefor without the removal, alteration or demolition in whole or in part of any partition, compartment, loft, gallery, pent-roof, out-house or other structure or erection or without the execution of such alterations or structural operations as he specifies, the Director may by notice in writing require the owner thereof to carry into effect any or both of the following: —
the removal, alteration or demolition of the whole or a part of the partitions or other erections or obstructions complained of;
the execution of such operations or structural alterations as are necessary to render the premises fit for human habitation and to guard against danger of disease.
(2)
The notice shall appoint not less than twenty-four hours in advance for the commencement of the operation enjoined and specify a number of days for the work.
(3)
If the notice has not been complied with by the appointed time, a Magistrate’s Court may, on the application of the Director, make a mandatory order requiring the owner to carry into effect all or any of the things specified in the said notice.
(4)
Any person who without the express sanction in writing of the Director replaces any partition, erection or obstruction removed under subsection (1) of this section, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and the Director or any person authorised by him in that behalf in writing may enter upon such premises and remove such partition, erection or obstruction.
(5)
The Director may also, by notice to be posted in a conspicuous position upon the building, require the owner or occupiers, as the case may be, to cease to inhabit the building and to remove all goods, furniture and effects from the building within forty-eight hours from the posting of the notice.
(6)
The owner and every occupying tenant shall thereupon comply with the requirements of the notice.
(7)
Any owner or occupier in default shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars a day during the period in which he has failed to comply with the requirements of the notice.
(8)
At the expiration of forty-eight hours from the posting of the notice mentioned in subsection (5) of this section, the Director or any person authorised by him in that behalf in writing may remove all goods, furniture and effects from the building.
(9)
The notice mentioned in subsection (5) of this section shall be in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil.