Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Bill

Clause 7

Cases in which person can recover damages on illegal contract

Nothing in this Act or any other law shall prevent —

(a)

a person who enters into any contract in contravention of this Act, but without knowledge of the fact that the other party to such contract (being the person undertaking to perform or cause to be performed any electrical work) is not licensed as required by section 6, from recovering from that unlicensed party such damages for any breach of contract as may have been recovered if this Act had not been enacted; or

(b)

a licensed electrical worker or licensed electrical contractor who is employed by or makes a contract or sub-contract with another person without knowledge of the fact that that person is not licensed as an electrical contractor as required by section 6, from recovering from that unlicensed person any wages, any sum agreed under any contract, any reasonable remuneration for work done or materials supplied by that licensed electrical worker or electrical contractor, as the case may be, or such damages for any breach of contract as may have been recovered if this Act had not been enacted.