Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Sewerage and Drainage (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 10

Section 10 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) The Board may, by notice in writing, require the owner of any premises referred to in subsection (1) to do one or both of the following at his own cost and expense:

(a)

to have the sewerage system inspected and tested in such manner and at such intervals as the Board may require, to ensure that the sewerage system is kept in good order;

(b)

to alter, repair or put in good order the sewerage system in such manner as the Board may require.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) If the owner of any premises to which a sewerage system belongs or for the use of which it is maintained, fails to keep the sewerage system in proper order in contravention of subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence.”.