Land Acquisition Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Payment of compensation or deposit thereof with court

40.—(1) On making an award under section 10, the Collector shall make a written offer of the compensation awarded by him to the persons interested entitled thereto according to the award, and shall pay it to them unless prevented by one or more of the contingencies mentioned in subsection (2) or subsection (1A) applies.

[Act 26 of 2014 wef 29/09/2014]

(1A) If —

(a)	an award is made under section 10 with respect to a non‑lot acquisition relating to a strata title plan; and
(b)	within 28 days after that award is made, the subsidiary proprietors constituting the management corporation for the strata title plan serve on the Collector a copy of a special resolution referred to in section 85A(4) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act with respect to that non‑lot acquisition,

the Collector need not make a written offer of the compensation awarded in accordance with subsection (1) but must instead —

(i)	inform the management corporation for the strata title plan that the compensation awarded is to be paid to the persons in section 10(1B)(a); and
(ii)	pay that compensation according to section 10(1B) unless prevented by one or more of the contingencies mentioned in subsection (2). [Act 26 of 2014 wef 29/09/2014]

(2) If they do not consent to receive it, or if there is no person competent to alienate the land, or if there is any dispute as to the title to receive the compensation or as to the apportionment of it, or if possession of the land has not been taken by the Collector, the Collector shall apply to the Registrar of the Supreme Court ex parte for an order to deposit the amount of the compensation in court, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Rules of Court for the time being in force, the Registrar may make such an order except that any person admitted to be interested may receive such payment under protest as to the sufficiency of the amount.

[42/2005 wef 01/01/2006]

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no person who has received the amount otherwise than under protest shall be entitled to appeal to the Board under section 23.

(4) Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of any person, who may receive the whole or any part of any compensation awarded under this Act, to pay it to the person lawfully entitled to it.

(5) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the Collector, instead of awarding a money compensation in respect of any land, may enter into any arrangement with a person having a limited interest therein in such a way as may be equitable having regard to the interests of the parties concerned.

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