Clause 12

Section 72 of the Sewerage and Drainage Act (Cap. 294, 2001 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) Every amount collected before the date of commencement of the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2007 as, or purportedly as, a fee or charge for the late payment of any fee or charge prescribed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be and always to have been validly collected, and no legal proceedings shall lie or be instituted or maintained in any court of law on account of or in respect of any such collection.”.