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PART 1
PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act is the State Lands Protection Act 2022 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

General interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“animal” means—

(a) any fish, mollusc, crustacea or other form of aquatic life;

(b) any reptile;

(c) any bird;

(d) any livestock or domestic fowl; or

(e) any mammal (other than man);

“authorised officer”, for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 29 for the purposes of that provision;

“Authority” means the Singapore Land Authority established under the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001;

“Collector” has the meaning given by the Land Revenue Collection Act 1940;

“Commissioner of Lands” means the Commissioner of Lands appointed under section 6(1) of the State Lands Act 1920;

“compliance period”, for an encroachment notice—

(a) means the period specified in the encroachment notice within which the person given the encroachment notice must comply with it; and

(b) includes any extension of that period under section 33, if granted;