Section 3

If and so often as the Government of the Federation of Malaya require additional Crown land in the Colony of Singapore for the improvement or widening of the said Singapore Railway or for the due maintenance thereof or as sites for new sidings, stations, offices, quarters, coolie-lines, warehouses or other works or for the improvement or extension of existing sidings, stations, offices, quarters, coolie-lines, warehouses or works or otherwise in connection with the maintenance or improvement of the said Singapore Railway and such requirement is approved either in whole or in part by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, such land shall be surveyed and demarcated to the satisfaction of the Collector of Land Revenue, Singapore.

The Registrar of Deeds shall, on receipt of an order in that behalf under the hand of the Minister, make an entry in the books of the registry that such land has vested in the Chief Secretary, Federation of Malaya.

Upon the making of any such entry as in this section is mentioned the land to which such entry relates shall vest free from encumbrances in the Chief Secretary, Federation of Malaya, absolutely.

No payment, other than for the cost of survey and demarcation, shall be required to be made by or on behalf of the Government of the Federation of Malaya to the Government of the Colony in respect of any such land as is in this section referred to.