33. Director-General in certain cases may take possession of land within a regular line of street
Feedback & supportWhen any building or any part thereof within a regular line of street prescribed under the Planning Act [Cap. 232] or the Singapore Improvement Ordinance [1955 Ed. Cap. 259], or prior to 1st July 1927, prescribed under section 107 of the Municipal Ordinance [1936 Ed. Cap. 133] falls down or is burned down or is taken down, the Director-General shall take possession of the portion of land within the regular line of the street theretofore occupied by the building and, if necessary, clear it.
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of a human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
If any land, whether open or enclosed, lies within the regular line of a public street and is not occupied by a house, or if a platform, verandah, step or some other structure external to a house abutting on a public street or a portion of a platform, verandah, step or other such structure is within the regular line of such street, the Director-General may, after giving to the owner of the land or building not less than 7 clear days written notice of his intention to do so, take possession of that land with its enclosing wall, hedge or fence (if any) or of the said platform, verandah, step or other structure as aforesaid or of the portion of that platform, verandah, step or other structure as aforesaid and, if necessary, clear it.
public street
“public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way which was usually repaired or maintained by the City Council or the Rural Board before the commencement of this Act or which has been transferred to or has become vested in the Government under this Act or in any other manner;
Land acquired under this section shall thenceforward be deemed a part of the public street and shall vest as such in the Government.
Compensation for all lands acquired by the Government under this section shall be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act [Cap. 152] and any other written law for the time being in force governing the acquisition of land for public purposes, as if the lands were acquired for a public purpose, the date on which the regular line of street was prescribed being substituted for the date of the declaration under section 5(1) of the Land Acquisition Act [Cap. 152] for the purpose of ascertaining the market value of the land.[32
regular line of street
“regular line of street” means a line of street shown on the Master Plan as defined in the Planning Act, and includes a regular line of street prescribed by the Singapore Improvement Trust under the Singapore Improvement Ordinance and before 1st July 1927 by the Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore;