Singapore legislation
Section 76
Section 76
Form and registration of leases
(1)
Registered land may be leased for any term of years exceeding 3 years by an instrument of lease in the prescribed form.
(2)
The Registrar shall not register any lease unless —
the term is expressed to exceed 3 years;
the date of commencement of the term and its maximum duration are certain; and
the lease purports to confer on the lessee exclusive possession of land.
(3)
For the purpose of registration under this Act —
the fact that the term of a lease could be extended in pursuance of an option; and
the fact that a lease for a specified period of time is determinable on the happening of an event within that time,shall not be taken into consideration in determining whether the term of the lease exceeds 3 or any other specified number of years.
(4)
A lease is not unregistrable by reason only of the fact that the possession of the lessee is expressed to be non-continuous.
(5)
Nothing in this Part affects the law relating to tenancies for terms not exceeding 3 years.
(6)
Upon registration of such a lease, the Registrar shall create a folio of the land-register for the leasehold estate, as the lessee may require.[72