Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
Repeal and re-enactment of section 20
Section 20 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Special provisions as to purchase by or sale to the Board of land, etc.
20. For the purpose of the registration of any assurance pertaining to the sale or the purchase by the Board of any land, the mortgage of such land or the reconveyance or discharge of such mortgage —
in the case of land registered under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds Ordinance (Cap. 255), the provisions of section 12 of the said Ordinance shall not apply; and (b)in the case of land registered under the provisions of the Land Titles Ordinance, 1956 (Ord. 21 of 1956), where a solicitor is not employed by the Board, a certificate of an officer of the Board shall be sufficient for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 44 of the Land Titles Ordinance, 1956. ”.