Singapore legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Implied covenants in statutory grant
(1)
In every grant issued under this Part, there is implied, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, all the following covenants by the grantee with the Government:
that the grantee, the grantee’s executors, administrators and assigns will pay at the time and place prescribed in relation to the land described in the grant, the rent (if any) mentioned in the grant payable in respect of the grant by reason of the periodical revisions mentioned in section 16;
that the grantee, the grantee’s executors, administrators and assigns will maintain in substantial repair all landmarks by which the boundaries of the land are defined;
that the grantee, the grantee’s executors, administrators and assigns will not use any portion of the land for the burial of a human body without the Minister’s written permission;
that the grantee, the grantee’s executors, administrators and assigns will not assign or demise the land in parcels or otherwise than the entirety thereof except in the case of a lease for a term not exceeding 7 years.
(2)
The burden of the covenants mentioned in subsection (1) runs with the land comprised in the grant.
(3)
If the grantee assigns the land comprised in a grant issued under this Part, and the assignment is duly registered in accordance with the law for the time being in force relating to registration, the personal liability of the grantee in respect of future rent which becomes due under the grant after the date of such registration ceases as from that date.[6