Singapore legislation
Clause 24
Clause 24
New section 85A
The Electricity Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 85, the following section:“Damage to submarine electricity cables, etc.85A. Any person who wilfully, recklessly or negligently —
does any act, or causes or permits any act to be done, which damages or is likely to damage any submarine electric line or electricity cable in the territorial waters of Singapore that belongs to or that is under the management or control of an electricity licensee; or
omits to do anything required to prevent any damage to any such submarine electric line or electricity cable,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.”.