Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Public Utilities (Amendment) Bill

Clause 10

Amendment of section 74

Section 74 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “, and on an application by the Board, a court may order the offender to pay compensation to the Board for any damage done by him” in subsection (1);

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any person who damages or suffers to be damaged any electricity cable belonging to or under the management or control of the Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.”; and

(c)

by deleting subsection (3).

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