Local Government Integration Ordinance
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Transitional provisions
3 Interpretation
4 Exemption
Transfer of Property, etc.
5 Transfer to Government of assets and liabilities of City Council and Rural Board
6 Public streets, sewers and bridges vested in the Government
7 Property in lamps, etc
8 Damage to property
Transfer of employees, etc.
9 Transfer of employees
10 Safeguarding of Provident Fund benefits
11 Continuance of Municipal Provident Fund
12 Municipal Provident Fund Rules
Part II STREETS AND SEWERS
13 Appointment of Director of Public Works and other officers
Streets
14 Maintenance and repair of public streets
15 Power to make and improve streets
16 Power to take land adjoining new streets for building purposes
17 Director may recover cost of new street
18 Private persons making new streets
19 Paving, etc., of private streets
20 Private streets may be declared public streets
21 Widening of streets
22 Repair of private streets
23 Preparation of scheme for building
24 Director in certain cases may take possession of land within a regular line of street
25 Provision of footways, etc
Water Pipes and Lighting Apparatus
26 Situation of gas and water-pipes, etc., to be altered at the expense of the Government
27 If owners, etc., neglect to make alterations a Magistrate’s Court may order the same to be done
28 Where road is injured by excavation Director may repair and recover expenses
Sewers
29 Director to make public sewers
30 Director to construct and maintain drains and water courses
31 Director to repair and alter and discontinue sewers
32 Cleansing and emptying sewers
33 Penalty for making unauthorised drains into public sewers
34 Rain-water pipes not to be used as soil-pipes
35 Water-pipes, etc., not to be used as ventilating shafts
36 Interpretation
37 Director may require removal or alteration of urinals
38 Director may cause drains for sewage to be made from buildings which are not properly drained
39 Buildings built after 1st January, 1888, to have drains constructed under the orders of the Director
40 Ventilating pipes to sewers
41 Director may take over control, etc., of private septic tanks, etc
Removal of Sewage
42 A system of sewage removal may be applied to a certain area
Back-Lanes
43 Director may acquire land for part of back-lane
44 Reimbursement to Government of compensation paid in certain cases
45 Reimbursement, how recoverable
46 Minister may order back-lanes to be laid out
47 Transfer to Government of undertakings of the Singapore Improvement Trust relating to back-lanes
48 General provisions as to back-lanes
49 Back-lanes to be levelled, etc., by the Director
Part III BUILDINGS
50 Appointment of Chief Building Surveyor and other officers
Building Operations
51 Notice of new buildings
52 Demolition or removal of unauthorised building
53 Penalty for sale of unauthorised building
54 Modification or waiver of regulations
55 Land to be set apart for back-lane
56 Open spaces to be provided
57 Prohibition of building on insanitary ground
58 Buildings over sewers, etc., not to be erected without consent of Director of Public Works
59 Removal of roofs and walls made of inflammable materials
60 Erection of compartments, galleries, lofts, etc., in buildings
61 Open space not to be altered or roofed
Ruinous and Deserted Buildings
62 Building in ruinous and dangerous state
63 Power to shut up and secure deserted buildings
Part IV PUBLIC HEALTH
64 Appointment of Director of Medical Services and other officers
Scavenging
65 Cleansing streets
66 Duty of owner or occupier to keep street clean
Markets
67 Director may build markets
68 Licences for markets
69 Penalty for opening markets without licence
70 Director may charge rents and fees in respect of markets
71 Power to expel person contravening regulations and to determine lease
72 Penalty for selling in market without permission
73 Employment in market of diseased persons
74 Health Officer may enter and inspect places for sale or storage and examine food or drink
Hawkers
75 Sale of fresh provisions forbidden within fifty yards of market
76 Licensing of stalls
77 Licensing of itinerant hawkers
78 Contravention of regulations
Slaughter-Houses
79 Director may license slaughter-houses
80 Prohibition of slaughtering elsewhere than at Government or licensed slaughter-houses
81 Director to provide service
82 Offences as to marks and penalties
83 Special licence to slaughter elsewhere
84 Special licence where animal cannot be taken to slaughter-house
Offensive Trades
85 Offensive trades not to be carried on without licence
86 Prohibition of offensive trades in particular areas
Manure
87 Prohibition of night-soil as manure
88 Prohibition of cultivation, use of manure or irrigation injurious to health
Latrines, etc.
89 Latrines
90 Privies
91 Drains, etc., to be kept in order at cost of owners
92 Inspection of drains and privies
Removal of Night-soil, etc., from Private Premises
93 Dust-bins in streets
94 Scavenging of private premises
95 Removal of night-soil
96 Place of deposit for filth
97 Penalty on occupier of house not removing the filth
98 All rubbish, etc., collected to be the property of Government
99 A system of night-soil removal may be applied to defined areas, and fees may be charged
Pollution of Streams
100 Committing nuisance in streams
101 Pollution of streams with trade refuse, etc
Insanitary Premises
102 Filthy house, etc
103 Power to enter and cleanse houses and buildings
104 Destruction of rats and mice
105 Closing and demolition, etc., of insanitary dwellings
106 Overcrowding of houses
107 When house to be deemed "overcrowded"
Public Nuisances
108 Public nuisances to be abated
109 Nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily under this Ordinance
Nuisance Notice
110 Notice requiring abatement of nuisance
Nuisance Order
111 On non-compliance with notice, nuisance order to be made
112 Order for demolition of house unfit for habitation
113 Execution of order for demolition
Obstructive Buildings
114 Representation by Health Officer
115 Order to enter
116 Remedies of owner for breach of covenant, etc., not prejudiced
117 Penalty for preventing execution of this Part
Wells, etc.
118 Wells, etc
Burial and Burning Grounds
119 Director may provide burial grounds, etc
120 What places may be used for burials, etc
121 Unlawful burials
122 Power to close burial grounds, etc
123 Exhumation
Bathing-places, etc.
124 Places may be set apart for bathing, etc
125 Restriction on use of hydrants
Part V FIRES AND DANGEROUS TRADES
126 Appointment of Chief Fire Officer
Fire Brigade and Accident Ambulance Service
127 Fire engines, ambulances, etc
128 Chief Fire Officer’s powers
129 Police may assist and close streets
Dangerous Trades
130 Dangerous trades not to be carried on without licence
131 Prohibition of dangerous trades in particular areas
Prevention of Grass Fires and other Dangers
132 Prevention of grass fires and other dangers or obstructions
Part VI PUBLIC PARKS, ETC
133 Appointment of Chief Parks Officer
134 Public parks, aquariums, and recreation or pleasure grounds, etc
Part VII DISTRICT OFFICES
135 Definition
136 District Offices
137 Appointment and duties of District Officers
138 Delegation of powers to District Officers
139 District Officer may enter premises
Part VIII SUPPLEMENTARY
Mandatory Orders
140 Definition
141 Mandatory order
142 Provision as to appeal against order
143 Proceedings where owner is unknown
144 In case of urgency order may be made ex parte
Miscellaneous
145 Extraordinary powers of authority
146 Protection of the Minister and officers from personal liability
147 Indemnity by Government
148 Power to enter upon lands for the purposes of this OrdinanceProviso
149 Power of any authority to enter on lands adjacent to works
150 Any authority in executing works to provide roads, etc., where existing ones are injured
151 Penalty for obstructing any authority in its duty
152 Compensation, damages and costs to be determined by Magistrate’s or District Court
153 Occupier in default of owner may execute work
154 Exemption of agent who has no funds in hand
155 Recovery of expenses and costs payable by owners
156 Recovery of expenses and costs by instalments
157 Proceedings for recovery of arrears
158 Attachment
159 Application of proceeds
160 Title conferred by purchase at sale under section 157 (1) (b)
161 Cost of proceedings for recovery of arrears
162 Powers to stop sale
163 Application to Court
164 Security to be given
165 Liability of transferor who has not given notice
166 Proceedings if an occupier opposes the execution of works
167 Disposal of matters and things removed by authority
168 Licences to be discretionary
169 Receipts and notices may be given by officer authorised thereunto
170 Service of notices
171 Default in compliance with noticeGeneral penalty
172 Court for trial of offences under Ordinance
173 Authority, etc., may direct prosecution
174 Employee of authority may demand names and addresses in certain cases
175 Powers of arrest
176 Saving of prosecutions under other laws
177 Limitation of liability to fines and penalties
178 General penalties
179 Damage to property of Government to be made good in addition to penalty
180 Inaccuracies in documents
181 Evidence
Regulations
182 Regulations
Repeal
183 Repeal
FIRST SCHEDULE Offensive trades
SECOND SCHEDULE Dangerous trades
THIRD SCHEDULE Regulations
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money
Table of Derivations