Singapore legislation
Section 54
Section 54
Certificate of correctness
(1)
The Registrar may reject any application to bring land under the provisions of this Act, or any other instrument purporting to deal with or to affect registered land, unless there is endorsed thereon a certificate by the person acquiring title and a certificate by the person divesting title under this Act that it is correct for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
The certificate by the person acquiring title shall imply representations that, to the best of the signatory’s knowledge and belief, and in so far as he has any reasonable means of ascertaining —
the instrument is made in good faith;
the matters set forth therein are substantially correct; and
the person acquiring title thereunder accepts proprietorship and (unless otherwise expressed in the instrument) is of full age and legal capacity.
(3)
The certificate by the person divesting title shall imply representations that to the best of the signatory’s knowledge and belief, and in so far as he has any reasonable means of ascertaining —
the instrument is made in good faith;
the matters set forth therein are substantially correct; and
the person divesting title thereunder is the party entitled to divest the interest under the instrument and is of full age and legal capacity.
(4)
The certificate by the person acquiring title shall be signed by the solicitor employed by the party acquiring title under the instrument and the certificate by the person divesting title shall be signed by the solicitor employed by the party divesting title under the instrument:Provided that if a solicitor is not so employed, the certificate shall be signed by the party himself or, in the case of a corporation, by a responsible officer of the corporation.
(5)
Each certificate shall indicate in legible characters the name and capacity of the signatory.
(6)
The provisions of this section relating to the certificate to be given by the person divesting title only apply to instruments that are lodged with the Registrar after 1st December 1970.
(7)
Where the certificate is signed by any party or by an officer of any corporation, divesting or acquiring title, the Registrar may in order to satisfy himself as to the identity and capacity of the signatory require such person to appear before him.[50