Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Jurong Town Corporation (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Repeal and re-enactment of sections 29 and 30

Sections 29 and 30 of the principal Act are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Annual report29.—

(1)

The Corporation shall, not later than the 31st day of March in each year, unless the Minister otherwise authorises in writing, furnish to the Minister a report of its functions during the preceding year.(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of every such report to be presented to Parliament.Special provisions relating to the sale by the Corporation of a flat, house, building or land

30. For the purposes of the registration of an assurance relating to the sale by the Corporation of any flat, house, building or land, the mortgage of such flat, house, building or land in favour of the Corporation or the reconveyance or discharge of such mortgage —

(a)

in the case of land registered under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 281), the provisions of section 12 of that Act shall not apply; and

(b)

in the case of land registered under the provisions of the Land Titles Act (Cap. 276), where a solicitor is not employed by the party acquiring or divesting title under any instrument relating to the transactions referred to in this section, a certificate of an officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Corporation shall be sufficient for the purposes of section 50 of that Act.”.