Singapore legislation
Clause 18
Clause 18
Establishment of a management corporation
(1)
The subsidiary proprietor or subsidiary proprietors shall, by virtue of this Act, upon registration of the strata title plan be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
(2)
The management corporation may —
sue and be sued on any contract made by it;
sue and be sued in respect of any matter affecting the common property;
be sued in respect of any matter connected with the parcel for which the subsidiary proprietors are jointly liable.
(3)
The management corporation shall elect a council which, subject to any restriction imposed or direction given by the corporation at a general meeting, shall perform the corporation’s duties and conduct the corporation’s business on its behalf and may for that purpose exercise any of the corporation’s powers.
(4)
The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect in relation to the management corporation and its council.
(5)
In this section “subsidiary proprietors” includes the persons entitled to the parcel upon destruction of the subdivided building pursuant to section 29 of this Act.