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Regulation 22

of Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations

Regulation 22

Owner or occupier to remove fallen trees, etc.

Amended byS 589/2005 wef 15/09/2005

Subregulation 1

If any building or part thereof or any hedge, tree or branch falls upon any street or into any drain or onto any place to which the public has access, the owner or the occupier shall remove it without delay.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 589/2005 wef 15/09/2005

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Director-General may, in his discretion if the circumstances so warrant, cause the building or part thereof, hedge, tree or branch to be removed and may, in the manner provided in section 89 of the Act, recover from such person the costs and expenses incurred by him in removing the same.