Singapore legislation

Section 149

of Land Titles Act

Section 149

Trusts not to be entered

(1)

A person acquiring registered land in a fiduciary capacity may be described by that capacity in the instrument of acquisition, but the Registrar shall not enter particulars of any trust in the land-register.

(2)

Subject to the provisions of any caveat affecting the land, purchasers of registered land which is held in a fiduciary capacity are not concerned to inquire whether a dealing with that land is within the powers of the proprietor, but they are entitled to assume that the proprietor has all the powers of disposition of a beneficial owner of the interest in question.[145

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