Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Public Utilities (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of section 77

Section 77 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, at the end of subsection (1)(b), the word “or”;

(b)

by deleting paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)wastes any water, gas or electricity,”; and

(c)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Any person who —

(a)

dishonestly or fraudulently abstracts, uses or consumes, or dishonestly or fraudulently diverts or causes to be diverted, any water, gas or electricity of the Board;

(b)

without the written consent of the Board, supplies for consideration any other person with any water, gas or electricity supplied by the Board to him for domestic purposes; or

(c)

alters or tampers with any meter supplied by the Board,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.”.

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