Singapore legislation
Section 139
Section 139
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Fourth Schedule to this Act —
the provisions of this Act apply to buildings comprised in any strata title plan registered under the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158, 1999 Revised Edition) before 1 April 2005; and
nothing in that Schedule affects any saving provided by the Interpretation Act 1965.
(2)
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Fourth Schedule, where any period of time specified in any former provision is current immediately before the date of commencement for the repeal or amendment (as the case may be) of the former provision, this Act has effect as if the corresponding provision in this Act had been in force when the period began to run; and (without affecting the foregoing) any period of time so specified and current is deemed for the purposes of this Act —
to run from the date or event from which it was running immediately before that day; and
to expire (subject to any provision of this Act for its extension) whenever it would have expired if this Act had not been enacted,and any rights, priorities, liabilities, reliefs, obligations, requirements, powers, duties or exemptions dependent on the beginning, duration or end of such a period as above mentioned are to be under this Act as they were or would have been under that former provision.
(3)
[Omitted as spent]
(4)
In this section, “former provision” means any provision in the repealed Act or any provision of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158, 1999 Revised Edition) repealed or amended by this Act.