Town Council for Jalan Kayu (Penalties and Administrative Fee for Late Payment) By-laws 2025

No. S 867

Town Councils Act 1988

Town Council for Jalan Kayu
(Penalties and Administrative Fee for
Late Payment) By-laws 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(2)(a) and (c) of the Town Councils Act 1988, the Town Council for Jalan Kayu makes the following By-laws:

Citation and commencement

1.  These By-laws are the Town Council for Jalan Kayu (Penalties and Administrative Fee for Late Payment) By-laws 2025 and come into operation on 1 January 2026.

Definitions

2.  In these By‑laws —

“charge” means any conservancy and service charge (or any part of it);

“Town Council” means the Town Council for Jalan Kayu.

Calculation of penalties for charges in arrears

3.—(1)  The owner or tenant of any residential property or commercial property must pay the Town Council a monthly penalty of the appropriate amount set out in the Schedule if there are arrears in respect of the residential property or commercial property of any charge payable by the owner or tenant (as the case may be) to the Town Council.

(2)  A penalty determined in accordance with paragraph (1) is due and payable on the day following the expiry of the month in which the charge is due and payable and accumulates monthly until payment is made by the owner or tenant, as the case may be.

Administrative fee

4.—(1)  If any owner or tenant of any residential property or commercial property is in arrears consecutively for a period of 6 months or more (called the arrears period) for the payment of charges to the Town Council, the owner or tenant (as the case may be) must pay the Town Council, in addition to the penalty imposed under by‑law 3, a one‑time administrative fee of $50 in respect of the amount of charges in arrears during the arrears period (called the outstanding amount).

(2)  The administrative fee mentioned in paragraph (1) is due and payable on the date specified by the Town Council.

(3)  To avoid doubt, if the outstanding amount continues to be in arrears after the arrears period, no further administrative fee may be imposed under paragraph (1) in respect of that outstanding amount.

Application of payment

5.  The Town Council may, in its discretion, apply any moneys paid by any owner or tenant under these By‑laws —

(a) first towards the payment of any penalty or administrative fee payable under these By‑laws; and

(b) thereafter (if any balance remains) towards the payment of any charge that is in arrears.

Remission

6.  The Town Council may, in its discretion, remit wholly or in part any penalty or administrative fee payable under these By‑laws.

Saving and transitional provision

7.  Where —

(a) a penalty or an administrative fee has been imposed before 1 January 2026 under the Town Council of Ang Mo Kio‑Yio Chu Kang (Penalties and Administrative Fee for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges) By‑laws 2006 (G.N. No. S 622/2006);

(b) the penalty or administrative fee relates to the transferred area described in item 2 of the Second Schedule to the Town Councils (Declaration) Order 2025 (G.N. No. S 336/2025); and

(c) the penalty or administrative fee remains unpaid as at the end of 31 December 2025,

that penalty or administrative fee is payable as from 1 January 2026 to the Town Council as if it had been imposed under these By‑laws.

THE SCHEDULE

By-law 3

First column		Second column
Type of property		Penalty (per month)
1. 1-room flat		$1
2. 2-room flat		$2
3. 3-room flat		$3
4. 4-room flat		$4
5. 5-room flat		$5
6. Executive apartment or maisonette		$7
7. Commercial property		10% of conservancy and service charges subject to a minimum of $10 per month.

Made on 29 December 2025.

NG CHEE MENG

Chairperson,
Town Council for Jalan Kayu,
Singapore.

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