Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of Parking Places Act

Section 8 of the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214, 1996 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)as to —

(i)

the number of parking places and spaces therein for vehicles to park in to be provided on any class of land or buildings;

(ii)

the minimum dimensions and area of such parking places and spaces therein and the arrangement of such spaces; and

(iii)

the conditions under which a waiver of these requirements relating to parking places may be granted by the Authority, including any condition relating to —

(A)

the giving of security to the Authority; or

(B)

the payment to the Authority of moneys, whether by instalment or otherwise, or of any interest or charge for the late payment, or the payment by instalment, of such moneys;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Every amount collected before the date of commencement of the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2007 as, or purportedly as, interest or a charge for the late payment, or the payment by instalment, of any moneys payable under rules made under subsection (1)(b) 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.”.

Clause 9 — Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill