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Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A)
Town Council of Bishan-toa Payoh
(Common Property and Open Spaces)
(Amendment) By-laws 2000
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 2000 and shall come into operation on 14 July 2000.
Amendment of by-law 10
2.  By-law 10 of the Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh (Common Property and Open Spaces) (By 29) (referred to in these By-laws as the principle By-laws) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “in a housing estate” in paragraph (1), the words “within the Town”;
(b)by deleting the words “corridor or common property within the Town Council” in the 2nd and 3rd lines of paragraph (2) and substituting the words “corridor ledge or common property within the Town”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs:
(3)  The Town Council may remove and detain any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance placed on any window-sill, corridor ledge or any other part of the common property within the Town 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.
(4)  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 ledge or any other part of the common property outside the flat in contravention of paragraph (3).
(5)  Where the owner or occupier of a flat fails to comply with the notice of the Town Council under paragraph (4), 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.
(6)  Where, in the opinion of the Town Council, any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance placed on any window-sill, corridor ledge or any other part of the common property within the Town in contravention of paragraph (3) 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 (4).
(7)  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 (5) or (6) 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.
(8)  If the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (5) or (6) 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.”.
Amendment of by-law 13
3.  The principal By-laws are amended by re-numbering by-law 13 as paragraph (1) of that by-law, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(2)  The Town Council may, as it sees fit, remove, detain and dispose of any wiring, pipe, installation, device, contraption or other fitting whether situated on any common property or not which, directly or indirectly, assists any person to contravene by-law 13 (1).”.
Amendment of by-law 17
4.  By-law 17 of the principal By-laws is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “would in the opinion of the Town Council” and substituting the words “, in the opinion of the Town Council, is inappropriate or would”;
(b)by re-numbering the by-law as paragraph (1) of that by-law, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:
(2)  The Town Council may remove and detain any object, fixture, material, thing or article placed on any part of any common property which, in the opinion of the Town Council, is inappropriate or would cause annoyance, inconvenience or offence to other users of such common property.
(3)  No removal under paragraph (2) shall be carried out unless the Town Council has given, if possible, the person concerned a written notice requiring him to remove the object, fixture, material, thing or article not later than 7 days from the issue of the notice and the notice has not been complied with.
(4)  No notice under paragraph (3) need be given if such object, fixture, material, thing or article is, in the opinion of the Town Council, likely to endanger the life of any person or cause injury to any person.
(5)  The Town Council may recover the expenses of such removal from the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture, material, thing or article in any event.
(6)  Where the owner of the object, fixture, material, thing or article can be identified or traced after making reasonable inquiries, the Town Council shall immediately give written notice to the owner or person who had lawful possession of the object, fixture, material, thing or article when it was removed and detained that he may, upon payment of the expenses incurred by the Town Council for such removal and detention, claim possession from the Town Council within 30 days of such removal and detention.
(7)  If the object, fixture, material, thing or article removed and detained by the Town Council is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or person who had lawful possession thereof when it was removed and detained, the Town Council may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of such object, fixture, material, thing or article.
(8)  The proceeds of the sale or disposal under paragraph (7) shall be applied firstly to the expenses incurred by the Town Council in the removal and detention and sale or disposal, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner or person.”.

Made this 13th day of July 2000.

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