Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 28/1968

Read the first time on 10th July 1968.

An Act to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1966 (No. 41 of 1966).

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, 1968.

Amendment of section 8

2. Section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1966 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended by deleting sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —

“(ii)

to state the nature of their respective interests in the land, the amount and particulars of their claims to compensation for such interests, the basis or mode of valuation by which the amount claimed is arrived at, and their objections, if any, to the measurements made under the provisions of section 7 of this Act.”.

Amendment of section 27

3. Section 27 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection: —

“(3) The Board may, after hearing an appeal confirm, reduce, increase or annul the award or make such order thereon as to it may seem fit.”.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 32

4. Section 32 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —

“Costs of an appeal to the Board

32.—(1) Where the amount awarded by the Board does not exceed the sum awarded by the Collector, the costs of an appeal to the Board shall be paid by the appellant.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, where the amount awarded by the Board exceeds the sum awarded by the Collector, the costs shall be paid by the Collector.

(3) Where the Board is of the opinion that the claim of the appellant was so excessive or that he was so negligent in putting his case before the Collector that some deduction from his costs should be made or that he should pay part of the Collector’s costs, the Board may make such order as to costs, as it may think fit.

(4) If the claim of the appellant exceeds by twenty per centum or more the amount awarded he shall not be entitled to his costs.

(5) The costs, if any, payable by the appellant or the Collector may be recovered as if they were costs in a suit in the High Court and as if the award of the Board were the decree therein.”.

Search within Legislation