Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) (Amendment) Order 2013

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Feb 2013

No. S 97

Town Councils Act

(CHAPTER 329A)

Town Councils
(Declaration of Towns) (Amendment)
Order 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Town Councils Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) (Amendment) Order 2013 and shall come into operation on 22nd February 2013.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) Order 2011 (G.N. No. S 263/2011) is amended —

(a)

by deleting item 1 and substituting the following item:

“

1.	Constituencies of Aljunied, Hougang and Punggol East

Aljunied‑Hougang-Punggol East

”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “Constituencies of Pasir Ris‑Punggol and Punggol East” in the first column of item 10 and substituting the words “Constituency of Pasir Ris‑Punggol”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

3. The Second Schedule to the Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) Order 2011 is amended by inserting, immediately after Part X, the following Parts:

“Part XI

Pasir Ris-punggol Town Council

1. As from 1st May 2013 —

(a)	all the property, rights and liabilities comprised in the undertaking of the Town Council for the Town of Pasir Ris‑Punggol to which that Town Council was entitled or subject immediately before that date and which related to or were connected with the area of Punggol East which, by virtue of this Order, becomes comprised in the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East (referred to in this Part as the transferred undertaking) shall become, by virtue of this Order and without further assurance, the property, rights and liabilities of the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East;
(b)	all deeds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements subsisting immediately before that date affecting the transferred undertaking shall continue in force on and after that date and shall be enforceable by or against the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East as if, instead of the Town Council for the Town of Pasir Ris‑Punggol, the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East had been named therein or had been a party thereof; and
(c)	any proceedings or cause of action that relate to the transferred undertaking and that are pending or existing immediately before that date by or against the Town Council for the Town of Pasir Ris‑Punggol may be continued and shall be enforced by or against the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East.

2. If any question arises as to whether any particular property, right or liability has been transferred to or vested under this Part in the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East, a certificate under the hand of the Minister shall be conclusive evidence that the property, right or liability was or was not so transferred or vested.

3. All by‑laws relating to conservancy and service charges (including penalties and administrative fees for the late payment thereof) made by the Town Council for the Town of Pasir Ris‑Punggol before 22nd February 2013 and in force on 21st February 2013 shall continue to apply, with the necessary modifications, to the constituency of Punggol East until —

(a)	such time such by‑laws as are made by the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East for that constituency are in force; or
(b)	30th April 2013,

whichever first occurs.

Part XII

Aljunied-hougang Town Council

1. As from 22nd February 2013, the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang shall be known as the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East; and any reference in any written law or document to the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang shall be read as a reference to the Town Council for the Town of Aljunied‑Hougang‑Punggol East.

2. The change in corporate name of the Town Council of Aljunied‑Hougang by virtue of paragraph 1 shall not operate —

(a)	to create a new legal entity;
(b)	to prejudice or affect the identity of the Town Council or its continuity as a Town Council;
(c)	to affect the property of, or the exercise of any right or the enforcement of any obligation by or against, the Town Council; or
(d)	to render defective any legal proceedings by or against the Town Council,

and any legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced by or against the Town Council in its former corporate name may be continued or commenced by or against the Town Council in its new corporate name.”.

Made this 21st day of February 2013.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND311/3-146 Pt85.1; AG/LLRD/SL/329A/2011/1 Vol. 1]

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