Section 85A
Damage to submarine electricity cables, etc.
ActIn forceProvision 96 of 117
Section 85A
Amended by42/2018
Any person who wilfully, recklessly or negligently —
(a)
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
(b)
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.