No. S 313
Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A)
Town Council of Ang Mo Kio Yishun
(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 Ang Mo Kio Yishun hereby makes the following By-laws:
Citation and commencement
1.  These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Ang Mo Kio Yishun (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment) By-laws 2000 and shall come into operation on 30th June 2000.
New by-laws 11A to 11E
2.  The Town Council of Ang Mo Kio Yishun (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws (By 23) are amended by inserting, immediately after by-law 11, the following by-laws:
Playing of games, etc.
11A.  Where the Town Council has set apart any part of any common property or open space described in a notice board affixed or set up in some conspicuous position in that part of the common property or open space for the purposes of —
(a)roller skating;
(b)riding of skateboards; or
(c)any game specified in the notice, being a game which, by reason of the rules or manner of playing, or for the prevention of damage, danger or discomfort to any person in the common property or open space, may necessitate at any time during the continuance of the game the exclusive use by the players of any space in such part of the common property or open space,
no person shall roller skate, ride a skateboard or play or take part in any game so specified on or in any common property or open space elsewhere.
Dangerously positioned objects
11B.—(1)  No person shall place any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance on any window-sill, corridor or other part of the common property within the Town in such manner which, in the opinion of the Town Council, is likely to endanger the life or cause injury to any person or cause damage to any common property within the Town or the property of any other person.
(2)  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 (1).
(3)  Where the owner or occupier of a flat fails to comply with the notice of the Town Council under paragraph (2), 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 that owner or occupier.
(4)  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 (1) 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 (2).
(5)  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 (3) or (4) 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.
(6)  If the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (3) or (4) 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.
Diversion of water or electricity
11C.  No person shall draw, divert or take —
(a)any water from any water service installation for the supply of water, tap or pipe situated on any common property; or
(b)any electricity from any electrical installation for the supply of electricity, socket or electrical supply line situated on any common property,
except with the prior written permission of the Town Council.
Bathing, etc., in fountains
11D.  No person shall bathe, wade or wash in, or cause or permit any animal belonging to him or in his charge to enter or remove anything from any pond or fountain which is within the Town and maintained by the Town Council.
Trespassing into meter rooms, etc.
11E.  No person shall, except with the prior written permission of the Town Council, enter any lift motor room, pump room, switch room or any other common property, being a fenced enclosure, building or room, in which any installation for the use or supply of water or electricity may be situated.”.

Made this 28th day of June 2000.

TANG GUAN SENG
Chairman,
The Town Council for the
Town of Ang Mo Kio Yishun,
Singapore.
[TC/AK/LEG 1/AN/pl; AG/LEG/SL/329A/97/9 Vol. 1]