Singapore legislation

Clause 75

of Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Bill

Clause 75

Protection of installation or plant used by the Corporation for information communication

(1)

No person shall, without the written approval of the Corporation —

(a)

lay or carry any mains, pipes, conduits, circuits or wires in, along, through, across, over or under any street or place in a manner which is likely to interfere with or cause damage to any Corporation’s installation or plant;

(b)

make any alteration or connect any device whether physically, electronically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, to any equipment or telecommunication system belonging to the Corporation;

(c)

perform any work of laying, installing, constructing or maintaining any telecommunication line or equipment used or intended for use with any equipment or telecommunication system belonging to the Corporation; or

(d)

affix any placard, advertisement, notice or other thing in or on, or paint, tar or in any way disfigure any Corporation’s installation or plant.

(2)

Any approval under subsection (1) may be granted or withheld at the discretion of the Corporation, or may be granted upon such terms and conditions as the Corporation thinks fit to impose.

(3)

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for an offence under paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for every day or part thereof during which the offence is continued after conviction.