Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Amendment of section 23
In the principal Act, in section 23 —
replace subsection (2) with —“(2) Where any stormwater drainage system or drain has been constructed, altered, discontinued or closed up in contravention of subsection (1) or any condition of a clearance certificate or approval granted pursuant to subsection (1), the Board may do one or both of the following:
serve on any person specified in subsection (3) a notice requiring the person to demolish or make good the stormwater drainage system or drain to its original condition within the time specified in the notice;
revoke the clearance certificate or approval given, or suspend the clearance certificate or approval for such period as the Board considers reasonable.”;
in subsection (3), replace “notice mentioned in subsection (2)” with “notice mentioned in subsection (2)(a)”;
in subsection (3), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)the owner or occupier of the premises at which the stormwater drainage system or drain mentioned in subsection (2) are situated;
(ba)the owner or occupier of any other premises to which the stormwater drainage system or drain mentioned in subsection (2) or any part thereof are connected and which serve the drainage needs of the other premises;”; and
replace subsection (4) with —“(4) Any person who —
contravenes subsection (1); or
carries out any works after the clearance certificate or approval relating to those works has been revoked or during the period that the clearance certificate or approval is suspended under subsection (2)(b),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —
on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000; and
on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000.(5) Where the Board is satisfied that it is immediately necessary to demolish or make good the stormwater drainage system or drain to its original condition, any authorised officer may enter upon any premises pursuant to section 43(2) and carry out or cause to be carried out any alterations, repairs, works, acts or things that are necessary for that purpose.(6) The Board may, as it thinks just —
recover the costs and expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in carrying out the works under subsection (5) from any of the persons mentioned in subsection (3); or
apportion such costs and expenses among all or any of the persons mentioned in subsection (3) and recover the sums apportioned from those persons.”.