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State Lands Encroachments Act 1883
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In force2020 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2020 Revised EditionSee versions on Singapore Statutes Online(opens the publisher’s site)

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State Lands Encroachments Act 1883

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1Short title
2Information of encroachment
3Removal of unlawful occupants
4Warrant issuable by court for dispossession
5Forms
6Demolition of unlawful buildings
7Penalties for trespassing
7ADefence relying on implied easement of support
8Recovery of expenses
9Forfeiture of abandoned land to State
10Procedure for resumption
11Limitation
12State land not to be acquired by adverse possession
13Penalty for depasturing on State land
14Penalty for other trespasses on State land
15Repealed
16Forest rangers and penghulus
17Forest rangers and penghulus to give information
18Arrest without warrant
19Right of proceeding under the law
20Interpretation

State Lands Encroachments Act 1883 · 2020 Revised Edition

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Lai Swee Lin Linda v Attorney-General[2010] SGHC 345

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