Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Building offences
(1)
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any term or condition of an approval of plans of any building works, or any term or condition of a permit to carry out any building works, granted to him under this Part shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(2)
Any person for whom any building works are carried out and any qualified person and site supervisor directly concerned with the building works who, in carrying out the building works deviates, or permits or authorises the building works to deviate, in any material way from any plans of the building works approved by the Building Authority under this Part shall each be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(3)
Any person who, being required by or by virtue of this Act or the building regulations to make or produce to the Building Authority any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document, or who, for the purpose of obtaining any licence, permit, waiver or approval from the Building Authority under this Act or the building regulations or for the purpose of establishing any fact relevant to the administration of this Act or the building regulations —
makes or produces any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document which is false in a material particular; or
produces any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document which is false in a material particular, or has not been made by the person by whom it purports to have been made, or has been in any way altered or tampered with,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.