Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
New section 27
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 26, the following section:“Power to make rules27.—
Despite section 32, the Corporation may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules prescribing anything that is to be prescribed and generally for carrying out the provisions of this Act.(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Corporation may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:
regulating the use and enjoyment of any common property or open space in any land vested in the Corporation, including —
restricting or prohibiting behaviour or activities on the common property or open space;
restricting or prohibiting parking of vehicles on any common property or open space which is not a parking place within the meaning of the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214);
waste disposal; (iv)safety or security measures; and
power for the Corporation to move, store or dispose of, or authorise the disposal of, objects or things left on such common property or open space and the passing of title to any objects or things on such disposal;
prescribing that any act or omission in contravention of any rule shall be an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000;
prescribing the penalty (such penalty, if unpaid, to constitute a debt due to the Corporation and be recoverable as such) to be paid by the Corporation’s lessee or licensee for late payment of any moneys due to the Corporation under any lease, tenancy or licence.(3) The Corporation or a duly authorised employee of the Corporation who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under any rules made under this section may require the person to furnish evidence of the person’s identity, and the person must furnish such evidence of that identity as so required.(4) Any person who —
without reasonable excuse, refuses to furnish any information required of the person by the Corporation or duly authorised employee of the Corporation under subsection (3); or
wilfully misstates such information,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a person is not excused from disclosing any information required under subsection (3) on the ground that to do so might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.(6) All rules made under this Act are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.”.