Singapore legislation
Clause 48
Clause 48
Power to enter on land adjacent to works
(1)
The Director or any authorised officer, with such assistants and workmen as are necessary, may enter upon any land, adjoining or being within 100 metres of any works by this Act or the regulations authorised to be executed, for the purpose of depositing upon that land any soil, gravel, sand, lime, brick, stone or other materials or for any other purposes connected with the formation of those works without making any previous payment, tender or deposit, doing as little damage as may be in the exercise of the powers under this subsection.
(2)
The Director shall make compensation —
for such temporary occupation or temporary damage of the land to the owner and the occupier thereof from time to time and as often as any such temporary occupation is taken or any such temporary damage done; and
for the permanent injury, if any, to the land to the owner.
(3)
Before the Director makes any use of any land under subsection (1), he shall give 7 days’ notice of his intention to the owner and the occupier of the land.