Singapore legislation

Regulation 98

of Town Councils Financial Rules

Regulation 98

Departmental office inventories

Subregulation 1

The Town Council shall keep an inventory of furniture, equipment, etc., comprising —

(a)

an asset register for assets which are required to be capitalised; and

(b)

an asset register for assets which are not required to be capitalised.

Subregulation 2

The asset number shall be entered on the voucher which is raised for the item purchased before the voucher is forwarded to the Finance Department for payment.

Subregulation 3

All non-consumable, movable office furniture and equipment (excluding office articles of a rapidly wasting nature, such as paper basket, erasers, rulers and pencils) shall be recorded and tagged with the allotted asset number.

Subregulation 4

The inventories shall be completely checked at least annually by the departmental officers in charge, who shall certify accordingly in the records which shall at all times be kept up-to-date for inspection by the auditor.