Singapore legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Preparation and promulgation of plans and maps
(1)
The Authority must, with the approval of the competent authority, cause plans and maps to be prepared in such detail and with such markings and endorsements thereon as are sufficient to delineate the railway area, being that area within which land may be acquired or rights in, under or over land may be exercised by the Authority under this Act for the purposes of and incidental to any railway.
(2)
A copy of every plan and map prepared for the purposes of subsection (1) and signed by an authorised officer of the Authority must be —
deposited with the competent authority; and
available for inspection by the public free of charge at the office of the Authority, during the hours when that office is normally open to the public.
(3)
Any plan or map prepared for the purposes of subsection (1) and any marking or endorsement on any such plan or map may be amended and any plan or map may be replaced by a substitute plan or map, but the Authority must as soon as possible cause to be likewise amended, or replaced with the substitute plan or map, every copy mentioned in subsection (2) and certify the amendment or substitution in any manner that the Authority thinks sufficient.
(4)
The Authority must, within 21 days of the deposit of a copy of a plan or map with the competent authority or of any amendment to that copy or the deposit of a substitute plan or map, cause a notice of such deposit or amendment to be published in the Gazette containing —
a general description of the plan or map or of the nature and extent of the amendment or substitution; and
particulars of the places and times at which a copy of the plan or map, or details of the amendment or a copy of the substitute plan or map may be inspected by the public in conformity with subsection (2).
(5)
No person has a right of objection to the delineation of land in any plan or map prepared for the purposes of subsection (1) or to any amendment thereto or substitute plan or map prepared under subsection (3), and the fact that land is therein delineated as being within the railway area is for all purposes conclusive evidence that the land may be required to be acquired or that rights in, under or over the land may need to be exercised by the Authority for the purposes of and incidental to any railway.