Singapore legislation

Clause 94

of Environmental Public Health Bill

Clause 94

Default in compliance with notice

(1)

When any notice or order under this Act or any regulations made thereunder requires any act to be done or work to be executed by the owner or the occupier or the person in charge of any premises and default is made in complying with the requirement of such notice or order, the person in default shall, where no fine is specially provided for such default be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(2)

When any such notice or order requires any act to be done or work to be executed for which no time is fixed by this Act or any regulations made thereunder, it shall fix a reasonable time for complying with the requirement.

(3)

Where any person who has been served with any notice or order fails to comply therewith, the Commissioner may without prejudice to any proceedings under subsection (1), at the expiration of the period specified in the notice or order execute the works as are specified in the notice or order and may recover from that person the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing in the manner provided in section 95.

(4)

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the Commissioner from carrying out any works specified in any such notice or order at the request of a person who has been served with the notice or order upon an undertaking by that person to pay the costs and expenses in executing the works.