Singapore legislation

Section 53

of Land Titles Act

Section 53

Execution of instruments by corporations

(1)

In favour of purchasers, an instrument dealing with registered land shall be deemed to have been duly executed by a corporation aggregate if the seal of the corporation is affixed thereto in the presence of and attested by its clerk, secretary or other permanent officer or his deputy, and by a member of the board of directors, council, or other governing body of the corporation.

(2)

Where a seal purporting to be the seal of a corporation appears to have been affixed to an instrument in accordance with subsection (1), the instrument shall be deemed to have been executed in accordance with the requirements of this section.

(3)

Any mode of execution or attestation authorised by law or by practice, or by the Act, Ordinance, charter, memorandum or articles, deed of settlement, or other instrument, constituting the corporation or regulating the affairs thereof, shall, in addition to the modes authorised by this section, be as effectual as if this section had not been passed.[49