National Parks Bill - Singapore Statutes Online

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Establishment of national parks and nature reserves

4 Establishment and incorporation of National Parks Board

6 Constitution of Board

7 General functions of Board

9 Prohibited activities

10 Applications for written permission of Board

11 Reinstatement works

12 Appointment of committees

13 Delegation of powers

14 Protection from personal liability

16 Appointment of chief executive officer and other employees

17 Public servants for purposes of Penal Code

21 Bank accounts and application of revenue

24 Income of Board to be exempt from tax, etc.

25 Further financial provisions

26 Transfer to Board of property, assets and liabilities in relation to lands within national parks and nature reserves

27 Transfer of employees

28 Deeds, bonds, agreements, etc., enforceable by or against Board

29 Power to make regulations

30 Offences committed by body corporate

31 Power to compound

32 All moneys recovered to be paid to Board

33 Obstructing employees of Board

34 Sanction of Public Prosecutor

35 Returns and information

36 Powers to remove persons, vehicles, etc.

37 Power to require evidence of identity

40 Board’s symbols

42 Repeal and consequential amendments

National Parks Bill

Bill No. 12/1990

Read the first time on 13th March 1990.

An Act to make provision for national parks and nature reserves and to establish a National Parks Board and for matters connected therewith, and to repeal the Nature Reserves Act (Chapter 205 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

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

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the National Parks Act 1990 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

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;

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“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.

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