Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Amendment of section 24
Section 24 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a Town Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make by-laws for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:
prescribing the administrative fee to be paid by any person in respect of any services provided by the Town Council or any debt due to the Town Council;
prohibiting or regulating the parking of vehicles on common property other than parking places;
prescribing the penalty (such penalty, if unpaid, to constitute a debt due to the Town Council and be recoverable as such) to be paid by the Town Council’s licensees or by any owner or tenant of any flat leased from the Board for late payment of any conservancy and service charges or licence fee due to the Town Council;
requiring deposits to be placed with the Town Council by any owner or tenant of any flat leased from the Board to secure the payment of conservancy and service charges; and
prescribing the offences which may be compounded.”.