Singapore legislation
Section 92
Section 92
Recovery of costs and expenses payable by owners
(1)
If any sum payable by or recoverable from the owner or occupier in respect of costs and expenses incurred by the Agency in the execution of any work which is, under this Act, recoverable from the owner or occupier of any premises is not paid by the owner or occupier within 14 days after demand that sum may be reported to a Magistrate’s Court or District Court and recovered in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, as the case may be.
(2)
The person liable to pay any sum under subsection (1) is the owner at the time when the work was completed.
(3)
Any occupier who, when requested by or on behalf of the Director‑General to state the name of the owner of the premises, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully misstates the name of the owner shall, unless he or she shows cause to the satisfaction of the Magistrate’s Court or the District Court for his or her refusal or misstatement, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.