Singapore legislation
Section 32
Section 32
Power to enter upon premises adjacent to works
(1)
The Board may, by its employees, agents or contractors, enter upon any premises adjoining to or being within the distance of 92 metres of any works by this Act authorised to be made, for the purpose of depositing upon those premises any soil, gravel, sand, lime, brick, stone or other materials or for any other purposes connected with those works without making any previous payment, tender or deposit and doing as little damage as possible in the exercise of the powers hereby granted and making compensation for such temporary occupation or temporary damage of or to the premises to the owner and the occupier thereof from time to time and as often as any such temporary occupation is taken or any such temporary damage is done and making compensation to the owner also for any permanent injury to the land.
(2)
If any dispute arises concerning the amount or apportionment of such compensation, it shall be settled in the manner provided by section 125.
(3)
Before the Board makes any temporary use under subsection (1) of the premises adjoining or lying near to the works, it shall give 7 days’ notice in writing of its intention to the owners and the occupiers of the premises and shall set apart by sufficient fences so much of the premises as is required to be used from the other premises adjoining thereto.