Singapore legislation

Section 6

of Singapore Railway Transfer Ordinance 1918

Section 6

Construction of causeway or embankment over Johore Straits

The Government of the Federated Malay States may, with the approval of the Legislative Council —

(a)

construct or authorise to be constructed over or in and across the Straits, which divide the territory of the Colony from the territory of the State of Johore, a causeway or embankment, in accordance with a plan to be approved by the Legislative Council, suitable for the passage of railway traffic;

(b)

construct or authorise to be constructed on such causeway or embankment, as the case may be, a railway by way of extension of the said Singapore Railway and such roadways and footways as to the Government of the Colony seem expedient; and

(c)

carry on or authorise to be carried on railway and other traffic upon and over the said causeway or embankment.

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