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SECOND SCHEDULE
By-laws
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1. The chairman, secretary and treasurer of the committee shall also be respectively the chairman, secretary and treasurer of the body corporate.
2. A committee may employ for and on behalf of the body corporate such agents and employees as it thinks fit in connection with the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions of the body corporate.
3. A committee shall cause a notice-board to be affixed to some part of the common property.
4.—(1) The powers and duties of a secretary of a body corporate include —
(a)
the preparation and distribution of minutes of meetings of the body corporate;
(b)
the giving on behalf of the body corporate of the notices required to be given under this Act;
(c)
the maintenance of the register of flat-owners;
(d)
the supply of information and certificates on behalf of the body corporate in accordance with section 17;
(e)
the answering of communications addressed to the body corporate; and
(f)
the calling of nominations of candidates for election as members of the committee.
(2) The secretary shall within 28 days of a general meeting convened by the body corporate file with the Commissioner certified true copies of —
(a)
the audited accounts of the body corporate which have been presented to the general meeting, if any;
(b)
the resolutions passed at the general meeting; and
(c)
the minutes of the general meeting.
5. The powers and duties of a treasurer of a body corporate include —
(a)
the notifying of owners of any contributions levied pursuant to this Act;
(b)
the receipt, acknowledgment and banking of and the accounting for any money paid to the body corporate; and
(c)
the keeping of the books of account referred to in section 13(1)(i) and the preparation of the statement of accounts of the body corporate.
6. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not create any noise likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of the owner or occupier of another flat or of any person lawfully using the common property.
7. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not park or leave any motor vehicle or other vehicle upon the common property except with the approval of the body corporate.
8. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not obstruct the lawful use of the common property by any person.
9. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not —
(a)
damage any lawn, garden, tree, shrub, plant or flower being part of or situated upon the common property; or
(b)
use for his own purposes as a garden any portion of the common property.
10. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not mark, paint, drive nails or screws or the like into, or otherwise damage or deface, any structure that forms part of the common property without obtaining the approval in writing of the body corporate, but this by-law shall not prevent an owner of a flat or person authorised by him from installing —
(a)
any locking or other safety device for the protection of his flat against intruders; or
(b)
any screen or other device to prevent entry of animals or insects upon his flat.
11. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not carry out any alterations or additions to any external walls or windows of his flat without having obtained the prior written consent of the body corporate and the Board.
12. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not carry out any alterations or additions to any balcony of his flat without having obtained the prior written consent of the body corporate and the Board.
13. An owner or occupier of a flat when upon the common property shall be adequately clothed and shall not use language or behave in a manner likely to cause offence or embarrassment to the owner or occupier of another flat or to any person lawfully using the common property.
14. An owner or occupier of a flat shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any child of whom he has control when playing upon the common property shall not —
(a)
cause any damage to the common property; and
(b)
create any noise likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of the owner or occupier of another flat.
15. An owner or occupier of a flat shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that his invitees do not behave in a manner likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of the owner or occupier of another flat or of any person lawfully using the common property.
16. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not deposit or throw upon the common property any rubbish, dirt, dust or other material likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of the owner or occupier of another flat or of any person lawfully using the common property.
17. An owner or occupier of a flat who carries out any pounding of chillies or other substances for cooking purposes shall ensure that the part of the floor on which the activity is carried out is covered to an extent sufficient to prevent the transmission therefrom of noise likely to disturb the peaceful enjoyment of the owner or occupier of another flat.
18.—(1) An owner or occupier of a flat shall not, except with the approval in writing of the body corporate and the Board, use or store upon his flat or upon the common property any flammable chemical, liquid, or gas or other inflammable material, other than chemicals, liquids, gases or other material used or intended to be used for domestic purposes, or any such chemical, liquid, gas or other material in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle or internal combustion engine.
(2) This by-law shall not apply to any flat where the owner or occupier thereof has obtained a licence issued under section 14 of the Building Control Act [Cap. 29] authorising the use of the flat for a trade or purpose specified in that section.
19.—(1) An owner or occupier of a flat in a multi-storeyed subdivided building provided with chutes for the disposal of refuse shall —
(a)
ensure that before any refuse is thrown into the chutes it is securely wrapped in plastic bags or other similar materials; and
(b)
not dispose of any large objects into the chutes which may obstruct the free fall of refuse in the chutes.
(2) An owner or occupier of a flat which is not provided with any chute for the disposal of refuse —
(a)
shall maintain within his flat, or on such part of the common property as may be authorised by the body corporate, in a clean and dry condition and adequately covered a receptacle for the disposal of refuse;
(b)
shall ensure that before refuse is placed in the receptacle it is securely wrapped or, in the case of tins or other containers, completely drained;
(c)
for the purpose of having the refuse collected shall, not more than one hour before the time at which refuse is normally collected, place the receptacle within an area designated for that purpose by the body corporate;
(d)
when the refuse has been collected shall promptly return the receptacle to his flat or other area referred to in paragraph (a);
(e)
shall not place any thing in the receptacle of the owner or occupier of any other flat except with the permission of that owner or occupier; and
(f)
shall promptly remove any thing which he or the refuse collector may have spilled from the receptacle and shall take such action as may be necessary to clean the area within which that thing was so spilled.
20. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not keep any animal upon his flat or the common property which may cause annoyance to the owners or occupiers of other flats.
21. An owner or occupier of a flat shall keep in good tenantable repair his flat including all sanitary fittings, water, gas, electrical and air-conditioning pipes and apparatus thereof so as not to cause annoyance to the owners or occupiers of other flats.
22. An owner or occupier of a flat shall not use his flat for any purpose (illegal or otherwise) which may be injurious to the reputation of the estate.