Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Form of grant
(1)
Every grant or lease of State land issued under this Part must be in the prescribed form and must be signed by the Collector.
(2)
In every such grant and in every lease made by the Crown or the State after 3 May 1907, there is implied, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, a condition with respect to the land comprised in the grant or lease to the effect that there is reserved to the State or its grantees the right to enter upon the land and to search for and take any mineral oil which may be found in or on the land upon paying to the grantee or lessee of the land such compensation for any damage occasioned thereby as may be assessed by the Collector.
(3)
If any person so entitled to compensation is dissatisfied with the compensation as assessed by the Collector, the difference between them must be referred to arbitration, and the sending in by that person of a claim to compensation after the Collector has made an offer of compensation in writing must be treated as a submission to arbitration under the Arbitration Act 2001.
(4)
In every grant or lease made by the Crown or the State after 1 December 1915, there is implied, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, by virtue of this Act in respect of the land comprised in the grant or lease the condition that where any claim is made to the Collector by the owner or occupier of any land adjacent to the land comprised in the grant or lease for a right of way from the owner’s or occupier’s lands over the land comprised in the grant or lease to facilitate the owner’s or occupier’s access to the nearest public road —
the Collector may mark out for the purpose a road or way over the land comprised in the grant or lease;
in that case the owner or occupier of those adjacent lands making the claim is entitled to pass and repass with or without animals or vehicles over the road or way so marked out, making full compensation for damage done to growing crops and permanent improvements; and
the expense of making and maintaining any road or way used for the purpose must be borne by the owner or occupier of those adjacent lands using it, and any dispute relating thereto must be settled by the Collector whose decision is final.
(5)
Every grant of land issued under subsection (1) before 1 March 1961 is deemed to confer an estate in perpetuity on the grantee.[4