Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Preservation of Monuments Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “information notice”, the following definitions:“ “inland waters” means any river, stream, reservoir, lake or pond (whether natural or artificial) within the limits of the territorial waters of Singapore;“land” includes any foreshore, site or underground space;”;
by deleting the words “, or the remains of” in the definition of “monument”;
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of the definition of “monument”, the following paragraph:“(aa)any site;”; and
by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “preservation order” and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “proposed national monument” means a monument covered by a notice under section 11(7)(a) of the Minister’s intention to make a preservation order protecting the monument;“site” means —
any open space;
any inland waters; or
an area of land (including any building, structure, erection, statue, sculpture or other work, vegetation, inland waters or physiographical formation, or any combination thereof) containing anything that evidences human activity, present or past,but excludes a site falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “monument”;“statutory authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, and includes a Town Council.”.