Clause 10

In every instrument of conveyance or transfer of land (other than a mortgage, charge or reconveyance) lodged with the Registrar on or after the 11th day of September 1976, there shall be specified, after the name of the person acquiring an estate or interest in land, the name of the country of which he is a citizen, together with the number of the identity card issued to him under the National Registration Act (Cap. 45) or other evidence of his citizenship if he is a citizen of Singapore and, if he is a citizen of any other country, the number of his passport and of such identity card (if he has been issued with one); and where the purchaser is a body corporate there shall be specified its place of registration or incorporation.

Every such person acquiring a title or interest in land under such instrument shall certify on the instrument that the particulars specified in accordance with subsection (1) of this section are correct, and if such person employs an advocate and solicitor to act for him, such advocate and solicitor shall so certify in such form as may be approved by the Registrar. For the purposes of this subsection, the Registrar may require the production of such document as he may think fit.

The Registrar has the power to refuse registration of any such conveyance or transfer wherein the particulars required by subsection (1) of this section are not specified or wherein the certification required by subsection (2) of this section has not been effected, and where the Registrar has accepted any such conveyance or transfer, he has the power to cancel the provisional registration of any such conveyance or transfer or require the person lodging such conveyance or transfer to withdraw it from registration.