Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 78

Section 78 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “or (9)” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “, (9) or (9A)”;

(b)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

(c)

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)the commercial property upgrading works within the precinct,”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) Where the Board has completed any commercial property upgrading works within a precinct under this section, the Board may recover from —

(a)

every owner of such commercial property within the precinct as is mentioned in section 77(3A), the costs incurred by the Board in respect of the commercial property upgrading works; and

(b)

the Town Council responsible for the maintenance of the common property within the precinct the costs incurred by the Board in respect of the commercial property upgrading works carried out on the common property.”; and

(e)

by deleting the words “or (3)” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “, (3) or (3A)”.