Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 3
Section 3 of the Trustees Act is amended —
by deleting the definition of “land” and substituting the following definition:“ “land” means —
the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, all substances thereunder and so much of the column of airspace above the surface whether or not held apart from the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto; or
any parcel of airspace or any subterranean space held apart from the surface of the earth and described with certainty by reference to a plan approved by the Chief Surveyor and filed in the Survey Department, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto;”; and
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “securities”, the following definition:“ “shareholders equity”, in relation to a company, means the total assets of the company less the total liabilities of the company as disclosed in the last audited accounts of the company laid before a general meeting of the company in accordance with section 201 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) (or the equivalent provision of the law of any other country which applies to that company) or, if a prospectus has subsequently been registered by the company in accordance with the requirements of law, the accounts contained in that prospectus;”.