Rapid Transit Systems Act · 1988 Revised Edition · Part V · Further Rights and Powers of Corporation for Purposes of Construction and Operation of Mass Rapid Transit System
38. Power of entry
Feedback & supportWhere in respect of any land notice has been published in the Gazette in accordance with section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act [Cap. 152] but the land has not vested in the State or notice has been given by the Corporation under section 35(2) of its intention to lay and construct any railway on, over or under any land, the Corporation, or any person acting under its authority, may after giving at least 14 days’ notice in writing to the owner or occupier enter upon that land and any adjoining land within the railway area at all reasonable times for the purpose of —
land
“land” includes and may, where the context so requires, have any one or more of the following meanings separately:(a)land of any tenure and so much of the airspace above the surface as may be reasonably used or enjoyed by any owner thereof, and all substances under the surface, whether or not held apart from the surface;(b)the whole or part of any building or other erection or fixture on land;(c)where an undivided share of a leasehold interest in land has appurtenant to it rights to the exclusive use and occupation of a building or part thereof on such land, such share in the land and all rights appurtenant thereto;(d)any other estate, right, share or interest in land;
surveying and taking levels of such first-mentioned land;
setting out the line of any works;
digging or boring into the soil for the purpose of determining whether the soil is suitable for laying the railway on, over or under the land; or
railway
“railway” means the railway, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, crossings, stabling yards, depots, stations and other infrastructures constructed or intended to be constructed for the Mass Rapid Transit System and any extensions thereto;
inspecting any apparatus or structure referred to in section 41.[31