Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Local Government Integration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 18

Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of paragraph (j) of subsection (2) thereof;

(b)

by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (k) of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “; and”;

(c)

by inserting immediately after paragraph (k) of subsection (2) thereof the following new paragraph: —“(l)the planting of trees.”; and

(d)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (8) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(c)without the consent in writing of the Director erects any building or plants any hedge in such manner that any part thereof is —

(i)

in any direction less than eighteen feet from the centre of the roadway of any street, not being a public street; or

(ii)

within the area laid out as a reserve for any street by the competent authority; or

(iii)

in any direction less than thirty-six feet from the opposite side of any street or path used or intended to be used as the means of access to two or more houses exclusive of the width of any footway as the Director requires; or”.