Singapore legislation
Clause 62
Clause 62
Open space not to be altered or roofed
(1)
Whenever any open space has been provided in connection with any building in pursuance of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder, it shall not be lawful without the licence of the Chief Building Surveyor —
to make or maintain or permit to be made or maintained any alteration in such open space; or
to construct or maintain or permit to be constructed or maintained a roof over any portion thereof so as to diminish the area of such open space.The Chief Building Surveyor may by notice in writing require the owner or any person acting in contravention of this section to remove any such alteration or roof or otherwise to do such works as will restore such open space.
(2)
Any person who fails to comply with a notice issued under this section within such reasonable time as is specified therein shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to a further fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction and a Magistrate’s Court may, upon the application of the Chief Building Surveyor or of a public officer authorised by him in writing in that behalf, make a mandatory order requiring the removal of any such alteration or roof or otherwise the carrying out of such works as will make the open space conform to this Ordinance and any regulations made thereunder in the terms of subsection (2) of section 143 of this Ordinance and the provisions of subsection (3) of that section shall apply if the mandatory order is not complied with.