Singapore legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“aeration” means the exposure of the soil surrounding the base of the trunk of a tree to enable air and water to reach its roots;“Board” means the National Parks Board;“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and includes any officer authorised by the Minister to perform the duties and functions of the Commissioner under section 3(3);“competent authority” means any one or more Government or statutory authorities empowered by any written law to approve plans for the development or subdivision of any land or plans relating to the construction of buildings;“felling” includes wilfully destroying by any means;“occupier”, in relation to any land, means any person in actual occupation of the land, and includes the owner of the land and any other person in receipt of the rents or profits thereof, and any agent or trustee of an occupier of the land;“owner”, in relation to a vehicle, includes —
every person who is the owner or joint owner or part owner of the vehicle and any person who is the hirer or has the use of the vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement but not the lessor under any such agreement;
the person in whose name the vehicle is registered except where the person has sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle and has complied with the provisions of the rules applicable to him in regard to the sale or disposal; and
in the case of a vehicle in respect of which a general licence is issued under section 28 of the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276], the person to whom the general licence is issued; “plants” includes shrubs, climbers, creepers, hedges, ferns, flowers and lawn-grasses;“private street” means any street not being a public street;“public park” includes any walk, recreation ground, playground, open space, traffic island, verge or garden maintained by the Commissioner;“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way which has been vested in the Government under the Street Works Act [Cap. 320A] or the repealed Local Government Integration Act [Cap. 166, 1985 Ed.] or in any other manner;“street” includes any road, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over any public bridge, and also includes any road, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not; and all channels, drains, ditches, reserves and verges at the side of any street shall be deemed to be part of the street;“tree conservation area” means any land designated by the Minister as a tree conservation area under section 5;“vacant land” means any verge or land which has not been developed for residential or industrial purposes, and includes any land on which any building or structure has been erected in contravention of any written law or in respect of which a temporary permit has been issued by the relevant authority;“vehicle” means a vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise except a perambulator or an invalid carriage the weight of which unladen does not exceed 254 kilograms and which is specially designed and constructed and not merely adapted for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability and is used solely by such person;“verge” means any area by the side of a public street, whether turfed or not.
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“aeration” means the exposure of the soil surrounding the base of the trunk of a tree to enable air and water to reach its roots;
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“Board” means the National Parks Board;
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“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and includes any officer authorised by the Minister to perform the duties and functions of the Commissioner under section 3(3);
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“competent authority” means any one or more Government or statutory authorities empowered by any written law to approve plans for the development or subdivision of any land or plans relating to the construction of buildings;
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“felling” includes wilfully destroying by any means;
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“occupier”, in relation to any land, means any person in actual occupation of the land, and includes the owner of the land and any other person in receipt of the rents or profits thereof, and any agent or trustee of an occupier of the land;
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“owner”, in relation to a vehicle, includes —
every person who is the owner or joint owner or part owner of the vehicle and any person who is the hirer or has the use of the vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement but not the lessor under any such agreement;
the person in whose name the vehicle is registered except where the person has sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle and has complied with the provisions of the rules applicable to him in regard to the sale or disposal; and
in the case of a vehicle in respect of which a general licence is issued under section 28 of the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276], the person to whom the general licence is issued;
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“plants” includes shrubs, climbers, creepers, hedges, ferns, flowers and lawn-grasses;
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“private street” means any street not being a public street;
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“public park” includes any walk, recreation ground, playground, open space, traffic island, verge or garden maintained by the Commissioner;
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“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way which has been vested in the Government under the Street Works Act [Cap. 320A] or the repealed Local Government Integration Act [Cap. 166, 1985 Ed.] or in any other manner;
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“street” includes any road, square, footway or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over any public bridge, and also includes any road, footway or passage, open court or open alley, used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or more holdings, whether the public has a right of way thereover or not; and all channels, drains, ditches, reserves and verges at the side of any street shall be deemed to be part of the street;
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“tree conservation area” means any land designated by the Minister as a tree conservation area under section 5;
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“vacant land” means any verge or land which has not been developed for residential or industrial purposes, and includes any land on which any building or structure has been erected in contravention of any written law or in respect of which a temporary permit has been issued by the relevant authority;
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“vehicle” means a vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise except a perambulator or an invalid carriage the weight of which unladen does not exceed 254 kilograms and which is specially designed and constructed and not merely adapted for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability and is used solely by such person;
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“verge” means any area by the side of a public street, whether turfed or not.