Singapore legislation
Section 6
of Planning Act
Section 6
Revision of Master Plan
(1)
At least once in every 5 years after 1st February 1960, the competent authority shall review the Master Plan, and submit to the Minister a report of its review together with proposals for any alteration or addition to the Master Plan which it may consider expedient.
(2)
Without prejudice to subsection (1), the competent authority may at any time submit to the Minister proposals for any alteration or addition to the Master Plan relating to any area which it may consider expedient.
(3)
An addition to the Master Plan may take the form of proposals for the comprehensive development or redevelopment of any area which in the opinion of the competent authority should be developed or redeveloped as a whole for the purpose of dealing satisfactorily with conditions of bad layout or obsolete development, or for the purpose of providing for the relocation of population or industry, or for the purposes of conservation and the demarcation of conservation areas, or for any other purpose therein specified.
(4)
An alteration or addition to the Master Plan may include such maps and such descriptive matter as may be necessary to illustrate the proposals with such degree of particularity as may be appropriate.