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Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A)
Town Council of Bishan-toa Payoh
(Common Property and Open Spaces)
(Amendment) By-laws 2001
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Town Councils Act, the Town Council for the Town of Bishan-Toa Payoh hereby makes the following By-laws:
Citation and commencement
1.  These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment) By-laws 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001.
Amendment of by-law 3
2.  By-law 3 of the Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh (Common Property and Open Spaces) (By 29, 2001 Ed.) is amended —
(a)by inserting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (c);
(b)by deleting paragraph (d);
(c)by inserting, immediately before the word “permit” in paragraph (e), the words “urinate or defecate or”;
(d)by re-lettering paragraph (e) as paragraph (d); and
(e)by deleting the words “and erection of fixtures” in the by-law heading.
New by-law 3A
3.  The Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws are amended by inserting, immediately after by-law 3, the following by-law:
Unauthorised structures
3A.—(1)  No person shall erect or install or cause or permit to be erected or installed any object, fixture, structure or thing on any common property or in any open space within the Town, except with the prior written permission of the Town Council.
(2)  The Town Council may remove and detain any object, fixture, structure or thing erected or installed on any common property or in any open space within the Town in contravention of paragraph (1) which, in the opinion of the Town Council, is likely to —
(a)endanger the life of any person;
(b)cause any nuisance or inconvenience to any person;
(c)cause injury to any person; or
(d)cause damage to any common property or the property of any person.
(3)  Where the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture, structure or thing can be identified or traced after making reasonable enquiries, the Town Council shall immediately give written notice to the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture, structure or thing removed and detained by the Town Council that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention, claim possession of it from the Town Council within 30 days of such removal and detention.
(4)  If the object, fixture, structure or thing removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (3) is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or person having lawful possession thereof, the Town Council may —
(a)dispose of such object, fixture, structure or thing 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 or person.”.

Made this 7th day of April 2001.

LEONG HORN KEE
Chairman,
The Town Council for the
Town of Bishan-Toa Payoh,
Singapore.
[BTPTC/A13-01; AG/LEG/SL/329A/97/10 Vol. 1]