Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Alienation by State
(1)
When after the commencement of this Act any person has become entitled to land upon alienation by the Crown or the State for an estate in fee simple, or for an estate in perpetuity, or for a leasehold term of not less than 21 years, the Collector of Land Revenue shall furnish to the Registrar a certificate to that effect, and the Registrar shall thereupon bring the land under the provisions of this Act as hereinafter directed and shall deliver the duplicate certificate of title to the person entitled thereto.
(2)
A certificate of title issued pursuant to this section shall not be conclusive as to the boundaries or dimensions of the land therein comprised until the relevant Crown or State instrument has been formally issued and until any alterations have been made pursuant to subsection (5).
(3)
The land in any certificate of title issued pursuant to this section shall be held subject to such exceptions, reservations, covenants, and conditions as may lawfully be included in the relevant Crown or State instrument.
(4)
Upon the issue of a certificate of title pursuant to this section, the Registrar shall endorse on the relevant folio of the land-register a caution warning persons dealing with the proprietor of the extent, if any, to which that folio is inconclusive as to the boundaries or dimensions.
(5)
Upon the issue of the relevant Crown or State instrument, the Collector of Land Revenue shall deliver it to the Registrar who shall thereupon make any alterations in the land-register necessary to conform to that instrument, and shall cancel any caution relating to inconclusiveness.