Land Acquisition Act 1966

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3 Power to enter and survey

4 Payment for damage

5 Notification that land is required for specific purposes

6 Collector to proceed to acquire after notification

7 Plan of land to be acquired

8 Notice to persons interested

9 Power to require statements as to names and interests

10 Inquiry and award by Collector

11 Award of Collector when to be final

12 Effect of failure to comply with section 7

13 Adjournment of inquiry

14 Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents

15 Matters to be considered and matters to be disregarded

16 Power to take possession

17 Power to take possession in cases of urgency

18 Notice to Registrar of Deeds and the lodging of an instrument with Registrar of Titles

20 Salaries, fees and allowances to Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner

21 Registrar of Board

22 Power to make regulations

24 Appeal deemed to be withdrawn

25 Hearing and disposal of appeals

26 Panel of assessors

27 Decision of Board

28 Member of panel and proceedings deemed to be public servant and judicial proceedings respectively

30 Case stated for Court of Appeal

31 Award to be final and conclusive

32 Costs of an appeal to Board

33 Matters to be considered in determining compensation

34 Matters to be disregarded in determining compensation

35 Rules as to amount of compensation

36 Collector may be directed to pay interest on excess compensation

37 Rules of Court applicable

38 Determination of proportions

39 Costs of apportionment to be borne by parties

39A Court to which appeal is to be made

39B Modifications where order under section 39A is in force

40 Payment of compensation or deposit thereof with court

41 Payment of interest

42 Temporary occupation of land for public purpose

43 Compensation for temporary occupation of land

44 Time for, and manner of, claiming for compensation

44A Disqualification as to certain compensation

44B Appeal against award of compensation

44C Bar to other proceedings

45 Service of documents

46 Penalty for obstructing survey, etc., or destroying landmarks

47 Police to enforce surrender

48 Government not bound to complete acquisition

49 Owners who suffer substantial impairment in rights in land may require their land to be acquired

49A Owner-initiated acquisition

50 Acquisition of whole or any additional portion of land where compensation for severance is payable

51 Defraying of costs

53 Suits to set aside awards under this Act to be barred

Hearing and disposal of appeals

25.—(1) On receipt of a petition of appeal, the Registrar must forthwith forward one copy thereof to the Collector and must, as soon as possible thereafter, fix a time and place for the hearing of the appeal and must give 14 days’ notice thereof both to the appellant and to the Collector.

(2) The appellant and the Collector must attend, either in person or by an advocate and solicitor, at such times and places as may be fixed for the hearing of the appeal:

Provided that if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Board that, owing to absence from Singapore, sickness or other reasonable cause, any person is prevented from so attending, the Board may postpone the hearing of the appeal for such reasonable time as it thinks necessary.

(3) The onus of proving that the award is inadequate is on the appellant.

(4) The Board has the following powers:

(a)	to summon to attend at the hearing of an appeal any person who it may consider is able to give evidence respecting the appeal, to examine that person as a witness either on oath or otherwise and to require that person to produce such books, papers or documents as the Board may think necessary for the purposes of the appeal;
(b)	to allow any person so attending any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by him or her in so attending; such expenses to form part of the costs of the appeal and, pending and subject to any order by the Board as to such costs, to be paid by the appellant or the Collector, as the Board may direct;
(c)	all the powers of the General Division of the High Court with regard to the enforcement of attendance of witnesses, hearing evidence on oath and punishment for contempt;
(d)	to admit or reject any evidence adduced, whether oral or documentary and whether admissible or inadmissible under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to the admissibility of evidence. [40/2019]

(5) Every person examined as a witness by or before the Board, whether on oath or otherwise, is legally bound to state the truth and to produce such books, papers or documents as the Board may require.

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