Apportionment of Rents Act 1909

“Authority” means the Singapore Land Authority established under the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001;

“Collector” has the same meaning as in the Land Revenue Collection Act 1940;

“competent authority” means the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 in respect of the grant of subdivision permission;

“grant” means a grant in perpetuity;

“grantee” means the owner of a grant in perpetuity;

“land” includes any building or structure;

“lessee” means the lessee of land held under a State lease, and includes the assignee of the entirety of the land comprised in any State lease and the legal representatives of a State lessee;

“notice” means a notice of apportionment of rent;

“subdivided land” means any land in respect of which subdivision permission to subdivide has been granted by a competent authority under the Planning Act 1998.

Every lessee or grantee of land comprised in any State lease or grant shall, within one month from the date of obtaining any subdivision permission from the competent authority to subdivide such land, inform the Collector in writing of the subdivision permission together with a copy of the approved plan showing the subdivision and particulars of the persons entitled as beneficial owners to the parts of the subdivided land.

The Collector shall determine the rent payable in respect of each subdivision.

The minimum rent in respect of any subdivision shall be $1 and any fraction of 50 cents shall count as 50 cents.

When a determination has been made by the Collector under subsection (2), he shall cause a notice of apportionment of the rent to be served upon the lessee or grantee and upon the persons entitled as beneficial owners to the parts of the subdivided land.

Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.

On the expiration of one month from the date of the service of the last served of such notices, the Collector may, under his hand and seal, make an order of apportionment of the rent payable to the Government in respect of each subdivision.

If any objection has been received by the Collector under section 6, he shall consider the objection prior to making his order of apportionment.

An order of apportionment shall be final and binding on every lessee or grantee and holder of a subdivision, notwithstanding that notice may not have been served on all the persons entitled to the various subdivisions of the State lease or grant.

The Collector shall cause a copy of his order to be served upon all persons upon whom a notice was served under section 3(4).

Such service may be effected by posting on the land and at the office of the Authority.

The Collector shall keep a book, to be called the Record of Apportionment of Rents, in which he shall record under his hand all particulars furnished to him or determined by him under this Act.

All entries in the Record of Apportionment of Rents shall be prima facie evidence in any court of law of the truth of the facts therein stated.