Singapore legislation
Section 12
Section 12
Application of section 8 where land surrendered to Crown but no grant or lease has been issued
Where at the commencement of this Act, land has been surrendered to the Crown for subdivision, pursuant to section 13 of the State Lands Act [Cap. 314], but no fresh grant or lease has yet been issued, section 8 applies, subject to the following provisions:
upon the issue of a certificate of title pursuant to section 8, the Registrar shall endorse on the relevant folio of the land-register a notification of any mortgage or other encumbrance to which the land is subject and of which he has notice at the time of issue of the certificate of title;
notice of any such subsisting mortgage or encumbrance shall be given in writing to the Registrar by any person claiming an interest in that mortgage or encumbrance, and the Registrar shall not be deemed to have notice of the mortgage or encumbrance unless so notified;
where the mortgagee under a mortgage notified pursuant to paragraph (b) has sold the land or part thereof in exercise of his power of sale, the Registrar may on application of the purchaser or his successors in title register the applicant as the proprietor of the land.[9