Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Amendment of section 52
Section 52 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Any person who —
without the authority of the Comptroller, allots a number to any property or fixes or causes to be fixed a number on or near any property or at the entrance of the enclosure thereof; or
without the authority of the SBNB, gives a name to any building, estate or street or fixes or causes to be fixed a name to any building, structure or post in or near that building, estate or street,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000, and the Comptroller or the SBNB (as the case may be) may, whether or not any proceedings have been instituted against any person for a contravention of this subsection, without notice authorise any person to enter upon any property to remove or destroy such number or name.”;
by inserting, immediately after the word “Comptroller” in subsection (4), the words “or the SBNB (as the case may be)”; and
by inserting, immediately after the word “Comptroller” in the section heading, the words “or SBNB”.