Singapore legislation
Clause 56
Clause 56
Open spaces to be provided
(1)
Every building which any person erects shall, unless the Chief Building Surveyor is of the opinion that in any particular case air space is otherwise sufficiently and permanently provided for, have directly attached thereto an open space exclusively belonging thereto of such dimensions as may be prescribed.
(2)
No compensation shall be payable in respect of any land not built on by reason of the provisions of this section.
(3)
For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to erect a building who carries out any of the works or does any of the things mentioned in subsection (17) of section 51 of this Ordinance as modified by the proviso thereto.