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.