Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Power to enter private land to lay railway
(1)
The Authority or any person authorised by the Authority shall have the right to enter upon and take possession of any land or part thereof not being State land within or adjoining the railway area not being land belonging to or acquired by the Authority and lay and construct any railway on, under or over the land and do all things as are reasonably necessary for the purpose of laying and constructing the railway.
(2)
The Authority or a person authorised by the Authority shall not exercise the right conferred by subsection (1) unless the Authority has given not less than 2 months’ notice of its intention to exercise the right conferred upon that subsection to the occupier of the land and every person having any estate, right, share or interest in the land.
(3)
A notice under subsection (2) may be given to and shall be deemed to have been received by an occupier if a written notice is affixed to a conspicuous part of the land to be entered.
(4)
A notice referred to in subsection (2) shall —
give a brief description of the works which the Authority proposes to carry out on the land;
state the estimated period, if any, during which the Authority intends to occupy or take possession of the land;
describe the area or extent of the land needed for the carrying out of the works referred to in paragraph (a); and
state that any person entitled to payment of any compensation under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995 may serve a written claim on the Authority.
(5)
The ownership of anything shall not be altered by reason only that it is placed in, under, over or affixed to any land in exercise of a right conferred upon the Authority by this section.
(6)
In this section, a reference to entry on land includes the digging or boring of a tunnel under the land and the erection of any structure over or under the land.