Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Notice to persons interested
(1)
The Collector must then cause a notice to be published in at least 4 daily local newspapers circulating in Singapore, one each in each of the 4 official languages, stating —
that the Government intends to acquire the land; and
that claims to compensation for all interests in the land may be made to the Collector.
(2)
The Collector must also serve notice to the same effect on —
every person known or believed to be interested in the land and who —
is resident within Singapore; or
is resident outside Singapore at an address that is ascertainable after reasonable inquiry; or
any person known or believed to be entitled to act for a person so interested and who —
resides, or is authorised to receive service on behalf of the person so interested, within Singapore; or
resides, or is authorised to receive service on behalf of the person so interested, outside Singapore at an address that is ascertainable after reasonable inquiry.
(3)
Every notice published under subsection (1) or served under subsection (2) —
must state the particulars of the land; and
must require all persons interested in the land —
to appear personally, or by the person entitled to act for the person interested or any other person authorised in writing in that behalf, before the Collector at the time and place mentioned in the notice, such time being not earlier than 21 days after the date of the notice; and
to state the nature of their respective interests in the land, the amount and particulars of their claims to compensation for those interests, the basis or mode of valuation by which the amount claimed is arrived at, and their objections (if any) to the measurements in any plan prepared under section 7.
(4)
The Collector may, in any case, require any statement under subsection (3) to be made in writing and signed by the party or his or her agent.
(5)
In a non-lot acquisition relating to a strata title plan, only the management corporation constituted for that strata title plan, and no other person, is entitled to make a claim for compensation pursuant to a notice published under subsection (1) or served under subsection (2) in relation to the non‑lot acquisition, and it is lawful for the Collector to reject any claim for compensation as a result of that non‑lot acquisition made by —
any subsidiary proprietor constituting the management corporation; or
any mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate and interest in any lot comprised in the strata title plan.