Requisition of Resources Act 1985 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Requisitioning of Property and Services
10. Power to do work on land
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Any member of the armed forces or the civil defence force acting in the course of his or her duty as such may, for any purpose connected with the defence of the country, the securing of the public safety or the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, do any work on any land or place anything in or over any land.
armed forces
“armed forces” means any force constituted under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;
A person (other than a police officer or a public officer acting in the course of his or her duty as such) must not, except with permission granted by or on behalf of the armed forces or the civil defence force, remove, alter or tamper with any work done, or thing placed in, on or over any land pursuant to subsection (1).
civil defence force
“civil defence force” means any force constituted under the Civil Defence Act 1986;
Without affecting subsection (1) or (2), in the case of a public health emergency —
public health emergency
“public health emergency” means a public health emergency declared under section 17A(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;
in addition to a member of the armed forces or the civil defence force acting in the course of his or her duty, a person authorised in writing by a competent authority and acting in the course of his or her duty, may, for the purpose of securing the safety of human life and health, do any work on any land or place anything in or over any land; and
a person (other than a police officer or a public officer acting in the course of his or her duty) must not, except with permission granted by or on behalf of the armed forces, the civil defence force or the competent authority mentioned in paragraph (a), remove, alter or tamper with any work done, or thing placed in, on or over any land pursuant to this subsection.
For the purpose of this section, the doing of work is, in relation to any land, deemed to include the demolition, pulling down, destruction or rendering useless of anything placed in, on or over that land, the maintenance of any work or thing in, on or over the land, and the removal from the land of anything so placed, demolished or pulled down pursuant to this section.
land
“land” includes land of any tenure whatsoever and buildings or part thereof and any estate or interest in or right over land;