Appointment of committees and delegation of powers
35.—(1) The Corporation may appoint from among its own members or other persons who are not members of the Corporation any number of committees as it thinks fit for purposes which, in the opinion of the Corporation, would be better regulated and managed by means of those committees.
(2) The Corporation may, subject to any conditions or restrictions that it thinks fit, delegate to any such committee any of the powers, functions and duties of the Corporation, except the power to borrow money, and any power, function or duty so delegated may be exercised or performed by the committee in the name and on behalf of the Corporation.
(3) The Corporation may, subject to any conditions or restrictions that it thinks fit, delegate to any member, officer or employee any of the powers, functions and duties of the Corporation, except the power to borrow money, and any power, function or duty so delegated may be exercised or performed by the member, officer or employee in the name and on behalf of the Corporation.[19
Advisory and technical committees
36.—(1) The Corporation may appoint any advisory, professional or technical committees that it thinks fit to advise the Corporation on such matters within the scope of its functions as are referred to those committees by the Corporation.
(2) Any person may be appointed to be a member of any such committee even though the person is not a member, officer or employee of the Corporation.[20
Contracts of Corporation
37.—(1) Any contract, which if made between private persons would be required to be in writing under seal, must if made by the Corporation be in writing under the seal of the Corporation.
(2) Any contract, which if made between private persons would be required to be in writing signed by the parties to be charged therewith, must if made by the Corporation be either —(a)
in writing under the seal of the Corporation; or
(b)
in writing signed by the Chief Executive on behalf of and by direction of the Corporation or signed by any other person on behalf of and pursuant to the authority of the Corporation.
(3) Any contract, which if made between private persons would be valid although made orally, may be similarly made on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive acting by direction of the Corporation or by any other person pursuant to the authority of the Corporation, but no oral contract may be made involving payment by the Corporation of a sum exceeding $500.[21
Composition of offences
38.—(1) The Corporation may compound any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $500.
(2) On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.[22
Saving of prosecution under other written law
39. Nothing in this Act prevents any person from being prosecuted under any other written law for any act, omission, neglect or default which constitutes an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, or from being liable under that other written law to any punishment or penalty, higher or other than that provided by this Act or any regulations made under this Act except that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.[23
Regulations
40.—(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Corporation, make regulations that the Minister may consider necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof including, in particular, regulations for or with respect to —(a)
the control, administration and management of lands and other properties vested in, leased to, acquired by, managed or controlled by the Corporation;
(b)
the use and enjoyment of those lands and other properties;
(c)
the prevention of trespassing on any of those lands and other properties and the removal of trespassers or other persons causing annoyance or inconvenience upon or in those lands and other properties;
(d)
the preservation and protection of and prevention of damage to any animals, birds, fish or other fauna and trees and plants of any kind on or in any of those lands;
(e)
the prescribing and imposition of charges or entrance fees for persons using or entering upon those lands or other properties or any specified parts thereof, the prescribing of any deposit or security as the Corporation considers fit for the payment of those charges or fees and the collection and receipt of those charges and fees by the Corporation or by other persons;
(f)
the prohibition, prevention, removal and disposal of any obstruction or impediment in those lands and other property;
(g)
the regulation of traffic, movement and parking of vehicles in Sentosa;
(h)
the enforcement and regulation of the use of lights, signals and fires by vessels navigating in the waters and waterways of Sentosa;
(i)
the supervision, regulation and control of traffic, navigation and mooring of vessels and any other activities carried on within the waters and waterways of Sentosa;
(j)
the regulation, maintenance, use and enjoyment of all marine facilities;
(k)
the prohibition, prevention, removal or rectification of any pollution of the waters and waterways of Sentosa; and
(l)
the collection, receipt, custody, issue, expenditure, due accounting for, care and management of the contributions received under Part 5.
(2) Such regulations may impose a penalty not exceeding $2,000 for any breach thereof.
(3) All fines recovered under this Act and any regulations made under this Act and moneys received for the composition of offences must be paid into and form part of the general funds of the Corporation.[24
Transfer to Corporation of property, assets and liabilities
41.—(1) As from 1 September 1972, all movable and immovable property in Sentosa and every right and interest therein that immediately before that date was vested in or held on behalf of the Government are transferred to and vest in the Corporation without further assurance, subject to any terms and conditions that the Minister may determine.
(2) All contracts, agreements and undertakings made by the Government or a statutory body for the purpose of the development of Sentosa and existing immediately before 1 September 1972 have effect, unless the Minister otherwise by order provides, as contracts, agreements and undertakings by and with the Corporation and may be enforced by and against the Corporation accordingly.
(3) Any proceeding or cause of action pending immediately before 1 September 1972 by or against the Government or a statutory body in respect of any property, contract, agreement or undertaking transferred to the Corporation under this section may be continued and enforced by or against the Corporation as it might have been by or against the Government or the statutory body had this Act not been enacted.[25
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
