Town Councils Act
(CHAPTER 329A, Section 24(1))
Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh
(Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws
By 68
G.N. No. S 442/1997

REVISED EDITION 1998
(15th June 1998)
[1st October 1997]
Citation
1.  These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Bishan-Toa Payoh (Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws.
Conservancy and service charges
2.  Every owner or tenant of every flat in any residential or commercial property and every owner or tenant of every stall in any market or food centre of the Board within the Town of Bishan-Toa Payoh shall pay to the Town Council on the first day of each month the appropriate conservancy and service charges set out in the Schedule.
Deposit for commercial property
2A.—(1)  Every owner or tenant of any commercial property of the Board within the Town of Bishan-Toa Payoh shall, where such owner or tenant is a limited company within the meaning of section 4 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50), pay to the Town Council upon commencement or renewal of the lease a deposit equal to 2 months of the conservancy and service charges payable in respect of that commercial property.
(2)  Where any lease of a commercial property is for any reason terminated before its expiry, the Town Council may deduct from the deposit such amount as may be required to pay any outstanding debt owing to the Town Council.
(3)  The Town Council shall, upon the expiry or earlier termination of the lease, return the whole deposit without interest or, if a deduction was made under paragraph (2), the balance of the deposit, to the owner or tenant.
[S 617/2003 wef 01/01/2004]
Goods and services tax
3.  The conservancy and service charges specified in the Schedule are inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A) on the services in respect of which such conservancy and service charges are payable.
[S 415/2003 wef 01/09/2003]