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National Parks Act

(CHAPTER 198A)

(Original Enactment: Act 10 of 1990)

REVISED EDITION 1991

(1st March 1991)

An Act to make provision for national parks and nature reserves and to establish a National Parks Board and for matters connected therewith.

[6th June 1990]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the National Parks Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“animal” means any member of the animal kingdom including birds, reptiles, fish and every kind of vertebrate and invertebrate and the eggs and young thereof;

“Board” means the National Parks Board established under section 4;

“Botanic Gardens” means any area of land designated as such for the time being in Part I of the First Schedule;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 6 and includes any temporary Chairman so appointed;

“Fort Canning Park” means any area of land designated as such for the time being in Part I of the First Schedule;

“national parks” means any area of land designated for the time being in Part I of the First Schedule;

“nature reserves” means any area of land designated for the time being in Part II of the First Schedule;

“plant” means any member of the plant kingdom including Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, Algae, Lichens and Fungi.