Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Land Acquisition (Amendment No. 2) Ordinance

Clause 10

Amendment of section 18

Subsection (1) of section 18 of the principal Ordinance and the marginal note thereto are hereby deleted and the following substituted therefor: —“Notice to the Registrar of Deeds and the lodging of an instrument with the Registrar of Titles18.—

(1)

Immediately on taking possession of any land under the provisions of section 16 or 17 of this Ordinance, the Collector shall —

(a)

in the case of land registered under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds Ordinance (Cap. 255) give notice to the Registrar of Deeds who shall make an entry in the books of the Registry that the land has vested in the State, and upon such entry being made, such land shall vest in the State free from incumbrances; or

(b)

in the case of land registered under the provisions of the Land Titles Ordinance, 1956 (Ord. 21 of 1956), lodge in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 115 of the Land Titles Ordinance, 1956, an instrument of acquisition in the prescribed form with the Registrar of Titles who shall, upon a request by the Collector, endorse on the relevant folium of the land register a notification to the effect that the land has become vested in the State as State Land free from incumbrances and has ceased to be subject to the provisions of the Land Titles Ordinance, 1956.”.

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