Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Power of entry
Where in respect of any land notice has been published in the Gazette in accordance with section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act [Cap. 152] but the land has not vested in the State or notice has been given by the Authority under section 5(2) of its intention to lay and construct any railway on, over or under any land, the Authority, or any person acting under its authority, may after giving at least 14 days’ notice in writing to the owner or occupier enter upon that land and any adjoining land within the railway area at all reasonable times for the purpose of —
surveying and taking levels of such first-mentioned land;
setting out the line of any works;
digging or boring into the soil for the purpose of determining whether the soil is suitable for laying the railway on, over or under the land; or
inspecting any apparatus or structure referred to in section 11.