Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “includes any” in the definition of “land”, the words “airspace, subterranean space,”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “person interested”, the following definitions:“ “remaining surface land” means any land (and airspace) above which only the airspace, or any land (and subsoil) below which only the subterranean space, is or has been acquired under this Act;“severed land”, for an owner of land, means any land remaining after any other part of the owner’s land is severed because of an acquisition under this Act;“State title” means any grant, any grant in fee simple or estate in perpetuity, or any State lease (of whatever tenure) whenever issued or granted by or on behalf of the Crown, the State or the East India Company;”; and
by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definitions of “strata title plan” and “subsidiary proprietor” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “subterranean space” means the subsoil below the surface of the earth;“temporarily occupied land” means any land temporary possession of which is or has been taken in accordance with a direction under section 42.”.