No. S 351
Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A)
Town Council of Bukit Timah
(Common Property and Open Spaces)
(Amendment) By-laws 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Town Councils Act, the Town Council for the Town of Bukit Timah hereby makes the following By-laws:
Citation and commencement
1.  These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Bukit Timah (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment) By-laws 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2000.
Amendment of by-law 10
2.  By-law 10 of the Town Council of Bukit Timah (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws (By 4) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “in a housing estate” in paragraph (1), the words “within the Town”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs:
(3)  The Town Council may, by notice in writing, direct any owner or occupier of a flat within the Town to remove, within 7 days of the date of such notice, any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance placed on any window-sill, corridor or other part of the common property outside the flat in contravention of paragraph (2).
(4)  Where the owner or occupier of a flat fails to comply with the notice of the Town Council under paragraph (3), the Town Council may remove and detain the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance, as the case may be, and the amount of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention shall be recoverable from the owner or occupier.
(5)  Where, in the opinion of the Town Council, any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance placed on any window-sill, corridor or other part of the common property within the Town in contravention of paragraph (2) is an imminent danger to life or person, the Town Council may remove and detain such pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance without any notice under paragraph (3).
(6)  The Town Council shall immediately give written notice to the owner or occupier of the flat or other person having lawful possession of the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (4) or (5) that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention, claim possession from the Town Council within 30 days of such removal and detention.
(7)  If the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (4) or (5) is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or occupier of the flat or other person who had lawful possession thereof when it was removed and detained, the Town Council may —
(a)dispose of such pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance by public auction or otherwise; and
(b)apply the proceeds of the sale to the expenses incurred by the Town Council in the removal and detention, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner, occupier or other person.”.
Deletion of by-law 19
3.  By-law 19 of the Town Council of Bukit Timah (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws is deleted.

Made this 31st day of July 2000.

ONG CHIT CHUNG
Chairman,
The Town Council for the
Town of Bukit Timah,
Singapore.
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