s 29B Prohibition against unlicensed builders
29B.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not —(a) advertise or hold himself, herself or itself out or conduct himself, herself or itself in any way or by any means as a person who is authorised to carry on the business of a general builder or a specialist builder in Singapore; or (b) assume, take or use (either alone or in combination with any other word, letter or device) the name or title of “licensed general builder” or “licensed specialist builder” (as the case may be), or any name, title or description calculated to lead others to believe the person is so licensed, or by words or conduct hold himself, herself or itself out as being so licensed, unless the person is granted a general builder’s licence or a specialist builder’s licence, respectively. [47/2007] [Act 12 of 2020 wef 15/06/2024] (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not —(a) carry on the business of a general builder in Singapore unless the person is granted a general builder’s licence;[Act 12 of 2020 wef 15/06/2024] (b) carry on a business carrying out or undertaking to carry out (whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business) general building works and minor specialist building works or minor specialist building works only, unless the person is granted a general builder’s licence; or[Act 12 of 2020 wef 15/06/2024] (c) carry on the business of a specialist builder in Singapore unless the person is granted a specialist builder’s licence.[47/2007] [Act 12 of 2020 wef 15/06/2024] (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to —(a) a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; (b) a further fine not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirements of that subsection; and (c) in the case of a continuing offence after conviction, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.[47/2007] (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person who carries out any general building works or specialist building works in contravention of subsection (2) is not entitled to recover in any court any charge, fee or remuneration for the general building works or specialist building works so carried out.[47/2007] (5) Nothing in this section applies to prevent a corporation or limited liability partnership that ceases to have in force a licence from carrying on any activity necessary to the winding up of the corporation or limited liability partnership.[47/2007] [Act 12 of 2020 wef 15/06/2024]