Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 48A

Section 48A of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and the Board is of the opinion that he is likely to continue to do the same if he should continue to own the flat, house or other living accommodation” in subsection (1)(e);

(b)

by deleting paragraph (g) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(g)if the owner thereof has made a misrepresentation of a material fact, whether innocently or otherwise, to the Board relating to the purchase of the flat, house or other living accommodation;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “persons” in subsection (1)(i), the words “or by such persons”;

(d)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (1)(j);

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of subsection (1)(k) and substituting a semicolon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(l)if the purchase price or any loan for the purchase of the flat, house or other living accommodation has been paid in full or partially with any cash grant made by the Government to the owner and paid into the owner’s account with the Central Provident Fund pursuant to section 11B of the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 121) and the owner refuses or fails to return the money to the Government when he is required to do so under the terms of the grant;

(m)

if the owner thereof, his spouse or any authorised occupier above the age of 14 years has on or after 1st March 1984 been convicted of an offence under section 304A, 336, 337 or 338 of the Penal Code (Cap. 103) in connection with the throwing of any matter or thing from any property belonging to, sold by or leased from the Board; or

(n)

if the owner thereof, his spouse or any authorised occupier has been convicted of an offence under any written law relating to immigration for giving food or shelter to any person who has entered, remained or stayed in Singapore in contravention of any written law relating to immigration or for assisting such person in any way to evade apprehension.”; and

(f)

by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) Any appeal by any owner or interested person aggrieved by the decision of the Board shall be made to the Minister within 28 days after the date of service of such decision on the owner or interested person and the decision of the Minister shall be final and not open to review or challenge on any ground whatsoever.”.