Singapore legislation
Clause 30
Clause 30
Power to enter land for inspection and survey, etc.
(1)
The Corporation, or any person acting under the authority of the Corporation, may enter any land or building situate wholly or partly within the railway area or wholly or partly within one hundred and fifty metres thereof in order to carry out —
any inspection or survey which is reasonably necessary to ascertain the condition of such land or building prior to or during the construction of the railway and to carry out all reasonably necessary work of a preventive or remedial nature; and
any inspection or maintenance of the railway which has been laid by the Corporation on, under or over the land or building and to carry out any work and do all things necessary for the purpose of maintaining the railway causing as little damage as possible and paying compensation to any person affected for any damage that may be caused.
(2)
No person shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), enter any land or building which is occupied without giving to the owner and the occupier at least seven days’ notice of his intention so to do unless —
the Corporation is of the opinion that an emergency exists which necessitates immediate entry; or
the entry is required only for the purpose of an inspection or survey.
(3)
A notice of entry referred to in subsection (2) —
shall describe the purpose of the entry and the nature of any work to be carried out; and
shall be deemed to be given to and received by an owner or occupier if a written notice is affixed to a conspicuous part of the land or building to be entered.
(4)
In subsection (1) “work of a preventive or remedial nature” means the underpinning or strengthening of any land or building and other work thereon intended to render it reasonably safe or to repair or detect damage caused in the course of the construction or operation of the railway.
(5)
The decision of the Corporation that any work is of a preventive or remedial nature or that such work or any inspection or survey is reasonably necessary shall be final.
(6)
The Corporation, or any person acting under the authority of the Corporation, may as the occasion requires enter and re-inspect and re-survey any land or building in respect of which any of the powers contained in subsection (1) have been exercised and may in relation to that land or building exercise such powers as often as the occasion may require.
(7)
Any person authorised under this section to enter upon any land or building shall, if so required by the owner or occupier, produce evidence of his authority before so entering it.
(8)
Any person who unlawfully obstructs an agent or employee of the Corporation at any time in the exercise of his authority shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.