Singapore legislation
Clause 49
Clause 49
Dissolution of a Town Council
(1)
Where at any time any elected member of the Town Council for any Town declared under section 3(1)(b) has requested for his constituency to be declared to be part of another Town or to be a Town by itself or where there is for any reason no legally constituted Town Council for a Town, the Minister may, if he considers it necessary, by order published in the Gazette dissolve the Town Council.
(2)
Notwithstanding section 47, where a Town Council is dissolved under subsection (1), the Board shall, upon the dissolution of that Town Council and pending the establishment of another Town Council for the Town, be responsible and liable, as the owner of the housing estates within the Town, for the maintenance and management of such housing estates and shall be entitled to enforce the performance of the terms, covenants and conditions in the leases relating to such housing estates as if this Act has not been enacted.
(3)
The Minister may, in any order made under subsection (1), make such incidental, consequential or supplementary provisions relating to the dissolution of the Town Council as may be necessary or expedient, including provisions for or with respect to the following matters:
the sale or disposition of any property of the Town Council;
the discharge of the liabilities of the Town Council;
the distribution of the assets of the Town Council;
the appointment and powers of any person to carry out the winding up of the affairs of the Town Council; and
any matter in respect of which it is, in the opinion of the Minister, just and equitable in the circumstances of the case to make provision in the order.