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← Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 s 114

s 114 Power to enter upon lands adjacent to works

114.—(1) The Authority may, by its employees, agents or contractors, enter upon any land adjoining to or being within the distance of 90 metres of any works by this Act authorised to be made, for the purpose of depositing upon such land any soil, gravel, sand, lime, brick, stone or other materials or for any other purposes connected with the formation of the works without making any previous payment, tender or deposit. (2) In exercising the powers conferred under subsection (1) to enter upon any land, the Authority must —(a) do as little damage to the land as possible; and (b) pay compensation for —(i) the temporary occupation of, or the temporary damage to, the land as and when such temporary occupation or temporary damage occurs; and (ii) any permanent injury to the land. (3) If any dispute arises touching the amount or apportionment of the compensation, the same is to be determined in the manner provided by section 116. (4) Before the Authority makes any temporary use under subsection (1) of the land adjoining or lying near to the works, the Authority must give 7 days’ notice in writing of its intention to the owners and the occupiers of the land and must set apart by sufficient fences so much of the land as is required to be used from the other adjoining land.

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