Singapore legislation
Section 52
Section 52
Board and lessees to be discharged from certain restrictive covenant
(1)
Despite the provisions of any written law but subject to subsection (3), the Board and every lessee of any flat comprised in any building comprising flats sold by the Board is discharged, respectively, from the following covenant:
in the case of a lessee, from any covenant in the lease —
restricting or prohibiting the use of the flat for any trade, business, manufacture or commercial purpose;
prohibiting the erection or putting up of any signboard, advertisement, billboard or other sign on the exterior of the flat; or
which would impede the reasonable use of that flat for any commercial purpose;
in the case of the Board, from any covenant in the lease requiring the Board —
to grant any lease of any other flat comprised in that same building subject to any covenant mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii); or
to enforce any covenant mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) on behalf of any lessee of any flat comprised in that same building.
(2)
No proceedings shall be instituted in any court by any person entitled (whether before or after 1 April 1992) to the benefit of any covenant mentioned in subsection (1) to recover any loss or disadvantage suffered by that person in consequence of the discharge of that covenant.
(3)
Despite subsection (1), a lessee must not use or allow to be used his or her flat or any part of the flat for any purpose that is not permitted by the lease unless he or she has the prior written approval of the Board.[48A