Singapore legislation

Clause 12

Amendment of section 25

Section 25 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “building” in subsection (1), the words “or the land or slope, as the case may be”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “closure order” in subsection (2), the words “in respect of a building”;

(c)

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(2A) A closure order in respect of land or a slope may do one or more of the following:

(a)

require the owner or occupier of the land or slope to which the order relates to secure the area within or around the land or slope to prevent access into the area;

(b)

specify the means by which the area is to be secured, including the installation of any hoarding, fence, cordon, barricade or other physical barrier to entry;

(c)

require the installation of safety features within or around the land or slope, including adequate lighting and warning signs or lights.(3) Except with the permission in writing of the Commissioner of Building Control, no person, other than a public officer in the course of his duty, shall —

(a)

enter or be in a building at any time while a closure order is in force in respect of the building; or

(b)

enter or be on any land or slope at any time while a closure order is in force in respect of the land or slope.”;

(d)

by deleting the words “while a closure order is in force in respect of the building” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “or on any land or slope while a closure order is in force in respect of the building or land or slope, as the case may be”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “in respect of a building” in subsection (6), the words “or any land or slope”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the word “building” in subsection (6)(a), the words “or on the land or slope”;

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the word “building” in subsection (6)(b), the words “or the means of access to or egress from the land or slope, as the case may be”;

(h)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (7), the following subsection:“(7A) A closure order shall remain in force in respect of any land or slope until the Commissioner of Building Control has served a notice of expiry of the order on the owner of the land or slope.”; and

(i)

by inserting, immediately after the word “building” in subsection (8), the words “or the land or slope”.

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