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 the immovable and movable property of the 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.
42 Private sewers may be declared public sewers
Removal of Sewage
43 A system of sewage removal may be applied to a certain area
Back-Lanes
44 Director may acquire land for part of back-lane
45 Reimbursement to Government of compensation paid in certain cases
46 Reimbursement, how recoverable
47 Minister may order back-lanes to be laid out
48 Transfer to Government of undertakings of the Singapore Improvement Trust relating to back-lanes
49 General provisions as to back-lanes
50 Back-lanes to be levelled, etc., by the Director
Part III BUILDINGS
51 Appointment of Chief Building Surveyor and other officers
Building Operations
52 Notice of new buildings
53 Demolition or removal of unauthorised building
54 Penalty for letting out and sale of unauthorised building
55 Modification or waiver of regulations
56 Land to be set apart for back-lane
57 Open spaces to be provided
58 Prohibition of building on insanitary ground
59 Buildings over sewers, etc., not to be erected without consent of Director of Public Works
60 Removal of roofs and walls made of inflammable materials
61 Erection of compartments, galleries, lofts, etc., in buildings
62 Open space not to be altered or roofed
Ruinous and Deserted Buildings
63 Building in ruinous and dangerous state. Magistrate’s Court may make an order
64 Power to shut up and secure deserted buildings
Part IV PUBLIC HEALTH
65 Appointment of Director of Medical Services and other officers
Scavenging
66 Cleansing streets
67 Duty of owner or occupier to keep street clean
Markets
68 Director may build markets
69 Licences for markets
70 Penalty for opening markets without licence
71 Director may charge rents and fees in respect of markets
72 Power to expel person contravening regulations and to determine lease
73 Penalty for selling in market without permission
74 Employment in market of diseased persons
75 Health Officer may enter and inspect places for sale or storage and examine food or drink
Hawkers
76 Sale of fresh provisions forbidden within fifty yards of market
77 Licensing of stalls
78 Licensing of itinerant hawkers
79 Contravention of regulations
Offensive Trades
80 Offensive trades not to be carried on without licence
81 Prohibition of offensive trades in particular areas
Manure
82 Prohibition of night-soil as manure
83 Prohibition of cultivation, use of manure or irrigation injurious to health
Latrines, etc.
84 Latrines
85 Privies
86 Drains, etc., to be kept in order at cost of owners
87 Inspection of drains and privies
Removal of Night-soil, etc., from Private Premises
88 Dust-bins in streets
89 Scavenging of private premises
90 Removal of night-soil
91 Place of deposit for filth
92 Penalty on occupier of house not removing the filth
93 All rubbish, etc., collected to be the property of Government
94 A system of night-soil removal may be applied to defined areas, and fees may be charged
Pollution of Streams
95 Committing nuisance in streams
96 Pollution of streams with trade refuse, etc.
Insanitary Premises
97 Filthy house, etc.
98 Power to enter and cleanse houses and buildings
99 Destruction of rats and mice
100 Closing and demolition, etc., of insanitary dwellings
101 Overcrowding of houses
102 When house to be deemed "overcrowded"
Public Nuisances
103 Public nuisances to be abated
104 Nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily under this Ordinance
Nuisance Notice
105 Notice requiring abatement of nuisance
Nuisance Order
106 On non-compliance with notice, nuisance order to be made
107 Order for demolition of house unfit for habitation
108 Execution of order for demolition
Obstructive Buildings
109 Representation by Health Officer
110 Order to enter
111 Remedies of owner for breach of covenant, etc., not prejudiced
112 Penalty for preventing execution of this Part
Wells, etc.
113 Wells, etc.
Burial and Burning Grounds
114 Director may provide burial grounds, etc.
115 What places may be used for burials, etc.
116 Unlawful burials
117 Power to close burial grounds, etc.
118 Exhumation
Bathing-places, etc.
119 Places may be set apart for bathing, etc.
120 Restriction on use of hydrants
Part V SLAUGHTER-HOUSES
121 Appointment of Director of Primary Production
122 Director may license slaughter-houses
123 Prohibition of slaughtering elsewhere than at Government or licensed slaughter-houses
124 Director to provide service at slaughter-house
125 Offences as to marks and penalties
126 Special license to slaughter elsewhere
127 Special licence where animal cannot be taken to slaughter-house
Part VI FIRES AND DANGEROUS TRADES
128 Appointment of Chief Fire Officer
Fire Brigade and Accident Ambulance Service
129 Fire engines, ambulances, etc.
130 Chief Fire Officer’s powers
131 Police may assist and close streets
Dangerous Trades
132 Dangerous trades not to be carried on without licence
133 Prohibition of dangerous trades in particular areas
Prevention of Grass Fires and other Dangers
134 Prevention of grass fires and other dangers or obstructions
Part VII PUBLIC PARKS, ETC.
135 Appointment of Chief Parks Officer
136 Public parks, aquariums, and recreation or pleasure grounds, etc.
Part VIII DISTRICT OFFICES
137 Definition
138 District Offices
139 Appointment and duties of District Officers
140 Delegation of powers to District Officers
141 District Officer may enter premises
Part IX SUPPLEMENTARY
Mandatory Orders
142 Definition
143 Mandatory order
144 Provision as to appeal against order
145 Proceedings where owner is unknown
146 In case of urgency order may be made ex parte
Miscellaneous
147 Extraordinary powers of authority
148 Protection of the Minister and officers from personal liability
149 Indemnity by Government
150 Power to enter upon lands for the purposes of this Ordinance
151 Power of any authority to enter on lands adjacent to works
152 Any authority in executing works to provide roads, etc., where existing ones are injured
153 Penalty for obstructing any authority in its duty
154 Compensation, damages and costs to be determined by Magistrate’s or District Court
155 Occupier in default of owner may execute work
156 Exemption of agent who has no funds in hand
157 Recovery of expenses and costs payable by owners
158 Recovery of expenses and costs by instalments
159 Proceedings for recovery of arrears
160 Attachment
161 Application of proceeds
162 Title conferred by purchase at sale under section 159 (1) (b)
163 Cost of proceedings for recovery of arrears
164 Powers to stop sale
165 Application to Court
166 Security to be given
167 Liability of transferor who has not given notice
168 Proceedings if an occupier opposes the execution of works
169 Disposal of matters and things removed by authority
170 Licences to be discretionary
171 Receipts and notices may be given by officer authorised thereunto
172 Service of notices
173 Default in compliance with notice. General penalty
174 Court for trial of offences under Ordinance
175 Authority, etc., may direct prosecution
176 Employee of authority may demand names and addresses in certain cases
177 Powers of arrest
178 Saving of prosecutions under other laws
179 Limitation of liability to fines and penalties
180 General penalties
181 Damage to property of Government to be made good in addition to penalty
182 Inaccuracies in documents
183 Evidence
Regulations
184 Regulations
Repeal
185 Repeal
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money