Singapore legislation
Section 44
Section 44
Power of entry
(1)
Any authorised officer may, for the purposes of this Act, enter any premises at all reasonable hours in the day or night, or at such other time as may be agreed with the owner or occupier of the premises, with such assistants and workmen as are necessary for the purpose of making any survey, inspection or soil investigation and executing any work authorised by this Act.
(2)
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, any authorised officer must, before entering any premises under subsection (1), give at least 14 days’ written notice of intention to enter to every owner or occupier of the premises.
(3)
A notice mentioned in subsection (2) must —
state the estimated period (if any) during which the Board intends to temporarily occupy or take possession of the premises;
give a brief description of the works (if any) which are to be carried out in or on the premises;
describe the area or extent of the land and the subterranean space needed for the carrying out of the works mentioned in paragraph (b); and
state that the owner or occupier of the premises may serve on the Board a claim of compensation for the items of loss, damage or cost set out in the first column of the Schedule to the extent of the loss, damage or cost suffered or incurred by the owner or occupier of the premises.
(4)
Unless the consent of the occupier has been obtained, a person must not enter any dwelling house in actual occupation under this section without giving 6 hours’ previous notice to the occupier.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, the Minister may declare that any class of premises is liable to inspection at any time of the day or night, and thereupon any authorised officer may, with such assistants and workmen as are necessary, at any time of the day or night and without notice, enter using such force as may be necessary and search or inspect any premises of the class specified in the declaration.
(6)
The Board shall not be liable to pay any person any fee, charge or expense on account of such entry to any premises or of anything done in any part of the premises under this Act.