Singapore legislation

Clause 23

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 23

Amendment of Land Acquisition Act

The Land Acquisition Act (Cap. 152, 1985 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “notices to be posted at convenient places on or near the land to be taken” in section 8(1) and substituting the words “a notice to be published in at least 4 daily local newspapers circulating in Singapore, one each in each of the 4 official languages,”;

(b)

by deleting the words “such notice under subsections (1) and (2)” in section 8(3) and substituting the words “notice published under subsection (1) or served under subsection (2)”;

(c)

by deleting the words “given under section 8” in section 10(1) and substituting the words “published under section 8(1) or served under section 8(2)”;

(d)

by deleting the words “posted or served under section 8” in section 12(b) and substituting the words “published under section 8(1) or served under section 8(2)”;

(e)

by deleting the words “the date of the notice under section 8” in section 17(1) and substituting the words “the later of the date of the notice published under section 8(1) or the date of the notice served under section 8(2)”; and

(f)

by deleting the words “under section 8” in section 35(1) and substituting the words “published under section 8(1) or served under section 8(2)”.