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BT Kojak <A href="mailto:
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To: SPF Customer Relation 26 Mar, 2010
Branch/SPF/SINGOV@SINGOV
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Subject Re: (SR#: SR/2010/0326/1-D86W5) - Activity # - 1-D87JB:CRB 1718/2010 - Re: Enquiry on police actions against wasting water
Dear Sir,
You said "Police will stop any group from celebrating their cultural
event". Is this the correct understanding? If there are no people fighting but there are people wasting water, shouldn't the police be stepping-in too to stop people from breaching the Public Utilities Act (CAP
261)?
PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT
(CHAPTER 261)
Unauthorised connection with main, contamination, wastage, etc.
50.(1) Any person who —
(a) lays or causes to be laid any pipe or line to communicate with any main, pipe, standpipe, hydrant or line belonging to or under the management or control of the Board without the consent of the Board;
(b) wastes any water;
(c) causes contamination to water supplied by the Board; or
(d) wilfully does any act which interferes with or disrupts the supply of the water of the Board,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
Looking forward to your comment on this matter. Thank you.
Best rgds
Kojakbt
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