Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Prohibition on quarrying without a licence
(1)
No person shall, on or after the date of the coming into operation of this Act, use or manage any land for the purposes of a sand or granite quarry without a licence from the Licensing Officer authorising him so to do.
(2)
Any person who uses or manages any land for the purposes of a sand or granite quarry without a licence shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every day or part thereof during which the offence is continued after conviction.
(3)
In any prosecution for an offence under this section —
the existence in or on any land of any apparatus or accessories for the getting, dressing or preparation for the sale, or otherwise of sand shall be prima facie evidence that the person owning or having the control of such apparatus or accessories has been using or managing such land for the purposes of a sand quarry;
the existence in or on any land of any mechanical equipment or other like thing used for the purpose of extracting granite blocks, gravel, stones and overburden by blasting, sorting, breaking, loading and transporting shall be prima facie evidence that the person owning or having the control of such mechanical equipment or other like thing has been using or managing such land for the purposes of a granite quarry.