On 25/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013.
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PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS
79. Any person who obstructs any officer of the Board, or any person duly authorised by the Board in that behalf, in the performance of any thing which the Board is by this Act required or empowered to do shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
[13/75]
80.
—(1) Any police officer or employee of the Board who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under this Act may require such person to furnish evidence of his identity and the person shall thereupon furnish such evidence of his identity as may be required by such police officer or employee of the Board.
[28/89]
(2) Any Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A) or —
(a)
any member of the Town Council or of any committee of the Town Council appointed under section 31 of that Act; or
(b)
any employee of the Town Council,
to whom the Board has delegated any of its powers under section 29(4) who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under any rules made under this Act within the Town of the Town Council, may, subject to the production of his authority when requested, require such person to furnish evidence of his identity and that person shall thereupon furnish such evidence of his identity as may be so required.
[28/89]
(3) Any person who refuses to furnish any information required of him by any police officer, employee of the Board or person referred to in subsection (2), or wilfully mis-states such information, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
[28/89; 31/2002]
82. Proceedings in respect of any offence under this Act may be conducted by any officer of the Board or any other person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Chairman.
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[13/75]
83.
—(1) Unless otherwise expressly provided, every notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on the owner of a flat, house or building sold under the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be sufficiently served —
(a)
if the same is delivered to such person or is delivered at the flat, house or building to some adult member or servant of his family;
(b)
if it is sent to the person by registered post to his flat, house or building (whether or not it has been received by him); or
(c)
if it is affixed to some conspicuous part of his flat, house or building.
[13/75; 21/86; 28/89]
(2) Every notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on any person other than an owner of a flat, house or building sold under the provisions of this Act, and every summons issued by a court in connection with any offence under this Act, may be served on the person concerned —
(a)
by delivering the notice, document, order or summons to the person or to some adult member or servant of his family at his last known place of residence;
(b)
by leaving the notice, order, document or summons at his usual or last known place of residence or business in a cover addressed to the person;
(c)
by sending the notice, order, document or summons by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known place of residence or business;
(d)
where the person is a body corporate —
(i)
by delivering the notice, order, document or summons to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate at its registered or principal office; or
(ii)
by sending the notice, order, document or summons by registered post addressed to the body corporate at its registered or principal office.
[28/89]
(3) Any notice, order, document or summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (2) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person to whom the letter is addressed at the time when the letter would, in the ordinary course of post, be delivered and in proving service of the same it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice, order, document or summons was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
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[28/89]