Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Apportionment of Rents (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Repeal and re-enactment of sections 7 and 8

Sections 7 and 8 of the principal Act are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Apportionment order when made7.—

(1)

On the expiration of one month from the date of the service of the last served of such notices, the Collector may, under his hand and seal, make an order of apportionment of the rent payable to the Government in respect of each subdivision.(2) If any objections have been received by him under section 6, he shall consider the objections prior to making his order of apportionment.(3) An order of apportionment shall be final and binding on every lessee or grantee and holder of a subdivision, notwithstanding that notice may not have been served on all the persons entitled to the various subdivisions of the State lease or grant.(4) The Collector shall cause a copy of his order to be served upon all persons upon whom a notice was served under subsection (4) of section 3.(5) Such service may be effected by posting on the land and at the Land Office.Effect of order

8. From the date of the order of apportionment —

(a)

the rent apportioned in respect of any subdivision shall be due to the Government by the person entitled to each subdivision and his executors, administrators and assigns, and shall, if the rent for the current year upon the State lease or grant remains unpaid, be payable forthwith, and shall be henceforth payable at the time and place at which the rent on the State lease or grant was payable, and shall be recoverable by any means prescribed by law relating to the collection of rents due to the Government;

(b)

the covenant by the lessee or grantee to pay to the Government the rent specified in the State lease or grant shall, in any case where the lessee or grantee has by duly registered deeds assigned or conveyed the entirety of the land comprised in the State lease or grant, be discharged, and shall, in any case where the lessee or grantee retains a part only of the land comprised in the State lease or grant, be so modified as to apply only to the rent apportioned under this Act to that part of the land comprised in the State lease or grant which is retained by the lessee or grantee; and

(c)

any covenant by any person entitled to a subdivision to pay to the lessee or grantee a portion of the rent shall be discharged.”.

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