Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Property Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of section 52

Section 52 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Any person who —

(a)

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

(b)

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.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “Comptroller” in subsection (4), the words “or the SBNB (as the case may be)”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “Comptroller” in the section heading, the words “or SBNB”.