Singapore legislation

Section 8

of Military Manoeuvres Act 1905

Section 8

Manoeuvring and firing grounds

(1)

It shall be lawful for the Minister from time to time by proclamation to declare —

(a)

that any area specified in the proclamation shall be a manoeuvring ground; or

(b)

that any area specified in the proclamation shall be a firing ground,and from time to time in the like manner to declare that any such area or part of that area shall cease to be a manoeuvring ground or a firing ground, as the case may be.

(2)

A manoeuvring ground may include any land, sea, tidal water or shore on which or over which aircraft can manoeuvre or from which they can take off or on which they can alight.

(3)

A firing ground may include any land, sea, tidal water or shore on which or over which artillery or rifle practices, air firing, bomb dropping or torpedo dropping practices can be carried out, whether from weapons on the ground or from aircraft in flight.