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NO. 42 OF 2022


“unincorporated association” means a society or body unincorporate which, under any written law, may sue or be sued, or hold property, in the name of an officer of the society or body duly appointed for that purpose;
“vehicle” means any vehicle (whether mechanically propelled or otherwise) that is designed to transport goods, people or goods and people, on land;
“vessel” means a boat, launch or floating craft used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved;
“waste” means any of the following, whether or not recyclable:
(a) any garbage, rubbish or refuse;
(b) any construction debris, demolition debris or renovation debris;
(c) any solid or liquid waste matter (whether domestic or commercial), and includes ashes, any dead animal, landscaping material, and garden cuttings or clippings or other plant matter;
(d) any other material, substance or thing (whether or not of a similar kind) deposited at a place if its size, shape, nature or volume adversely affects the proper use of the place.

Meaning of “State land”

3.—(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), in this Act, State land means land in Singapore—

(a) that is unalienated land;
(b) that vests in the Government or becomes State land because of the operation of this Act, or a declaration or other instrument under another Act, and remains unalienated land;
(c) that is surrendered to the Government by the owner of the land or holder of a lease for that land and remains unalienated land; or