Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Land Titles (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 13

Section 13 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section where the unregistered land comprises any subdivided building or where the proprietor has notified the Registrar in writing that any building to be erected on the unregistered land is intended to be dealt with in parts after subdivision approval thereof has been granted under the Planning Act (Cap. 279), the Registrar shall —

(a)

proceed under the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section; or

(b)

proceed under the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section; or

(c)

direct the proprietor to lodge a primary application pursuant to section 10 of this Act,except that in any case where the Registrar is unable to proceed under any of the provisions of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subection he may, in his discretion, proceed under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of this section.”;

(b)

by inserting immediately after subsection (5) thereof the following new subsection: —“(6) A qualified certificate of title issued pursuant to paragrah (b) of subsection (2) of this section on, before or after the date of commencement of the Land Titles (Amendment) Act, 1973 may, if the circumstances so require, be qualified as to boundaries and dimensions, and the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of section 144 of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply thereto.”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “assurance” appearing in subsection (8) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“ “assurance” has the same meaning as in the Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 281);”; and

(d)

by renumbering subsections (6), (7) and (8) thereof as subsections (7), (8) and (9) respectively.