Singapore legislation
Section 84F
Section 84F
Application for collective sale by all proprietors of flats who own leasehold estate of at least 999 years or other estate in flats not registered under this Act but do not own land
(1)
This section shall apply where there are subsisting leases of flats registered under the Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269) or the Land Titles Act (Cap. 157) for a leasehold estate of 999 years or more or for such other estate as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify and where the proprietors of the flats do not own the land comprised in the development.
(2)
Where the proprietors of all the flats in a development to which this section applies agree in writing under a sale and purchase agreement to sell all their flats to a purchaser (whether in cash or kind or both), they shall serve a notice on the proprietor of the land and every mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate or interest in the land and whose interest is notified on the land-register at least 21 days before the date of the first transfer of any such flat informing them of the transfer under subsection (4).
(3)
Notice under subsection (2) shall be given by —
advertising the proposed sale in such local newspapers in the 4 official languages as approved by the Registrar; (b)serving the notice on the proprietor of the land and every mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate or interest in the land and whose interest is notified on the land-register by registered post; and (c)affixing a copy of the notice in the 4 official languages to a conspicuous part of each building in the development.
(4)
The proprietor of the land referred to in subsection (2) shall be deemed to have transferred his estate and interest in the land to the purchaser without consideration upon the registration by the Registrar of the transfers of all the flats in the development and the Registrar shall enter a notification of the vesting of the land in the purchaser on the land-register.
(5)
A notice sent by registered post under this section to a proprietor of the land, his mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate or interest in the land and whose interest is notified on the land-register at its last registered address in the case of a company registered under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) or otherwise at its last recorded address at the Registry of Titles or the Registry of Deeds, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be duly served on the person to whom it is addressed 2 days after the day on which the notice was posted, notwithstanding the fact that the letter may be returned by the post office as undelivered.
(6)
When the transfers of the flats to which this section applies are lodged for registration with the Registrar, the solicitors acting for the proprietors of the flats shall certify in such form as the Registrar may determine that the provisions of this section have been complied with, and the certificate in favour of the purchaser and the Registrar shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.
(7)
Section 84E(12), (13), (14) and (16) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to a development to which this section applies.