Singapore legislation
Section 96
Section 96
Transmission on death of proprietors in severalty
(1)
Personal representatives or any other persons claiming land of a deceased proprietor may apply in the prescribed form to become registered as proprietors by transmission of the land, and upon proof of their representation or claim the Registrar shall enter on the folio of the land-register, or on the instrument of mortgage, charge or lease, as the case may be, a memorial of registration as provided by section 28.
(2)
An application under this section by a person claiming land of a deceased proprietor otherwise than as personal representative shall not be registered unless it can be established to the satisfaction of the Registrar that a transfer to that person by the personal representative is not reasonably practicable.
(3)
The Registrar may at his discretion register a transmission application by a person claiming under a will or intestacy in respect of which representation has not been taken out where he is satisfied that the value of the estate does not exceed $3,000.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, “personal representative” includes —
the administrator of an executor; and
the executor of an administrator,in any case in which administration de bonis non administratis has not been granted.[92