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Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A)
Town Council of East Coast
(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 East Coast hereby makes the following By-laws:
Citation and commencement
1.  These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of East Coast (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment) By-laws 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2000.
New by-law 4A
2.  The Town Council of East Coast (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws (By 43) are amended by inserting, immediately after by-law 4, the following by-law:
Throwing objects, etc., from buildings and dangerously positioned objects
4A.—(1)  No person shall endanger life or property or cause any nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to any person within the Town by throwing, or allowing to fall from his flat or any part of the building in a housing estate within the Town, any object, material, thing, article or substance.
(2)  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.
(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 that 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.”.

Made this 28th day of June 2000.

CHEW HENG CHING
Chairman,
The Town Council for the
Town of East Coast,
Singapore.
[ECTC/01-01-03; AG/LEG/SL/329A/97/14 Vol. 1]