Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 25/1987

Read the first time on 30th November 1987.

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 1987.

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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