Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1988

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Published in Acts Supplement
on 12 Feb 1988

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 2]

Friday, February 12

[1988

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 12th January 1988 and assented to by the President on 1st February 1988:—

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1988

(No. 2 of 1988)

I assent.

WEE KIM WEE

President.

1st February 1988.

Date of Commencement: 12th February 1988

An Act to amend the Land Acquisition Act (Chapter 152 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1988.

Amendment of section 33

2. Section 33 of the Land Acquisition Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (a\) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

the market value —

(i)	as at 30th November 1973 in respect of land acquired before 30th November 1987, and as at 1st January 1986 in respect of land acquired on or after that date;
(ii)	as at the date of the publication of the notification under section 3(1) if the notification is, within 6 months from the date of its publication, followed by a declaration under section 5 in respect of the same land or part thereof; or
(iii)	as at the date of the publication of the declaration made under section 5,

whichever is the lowest;”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (b\) of subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b)	the market value of the land as at 30th November 1973 in respect of land acquired before 30th November 1987, and the market value of the land as at 1st January 1986 in respect of land acquired on or after that date,”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:

“(6) For the purposes of this section, the date of acquisition of any land shall be the date of the publication of the notification under section 5(1) declaring that that land is needed for the purpose specified in the declaration.”.

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