Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
New section 6A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 6, the following section: —“Assignee bound by covenants in State grants or leases, etc.6A.—
(1)
An assignee of, or any person who becomes a proprietor of, any land in Singapore shall be bound by such exceptions, reservations or covenants (restrictive or otherwise) contained in the Crown grant or lease, or State grant or lease irrespective of whether he has notice (actual or constructive) of such exceptions, reservations or covenants.(2) This section shall apply to all grants and leases issued before, on or after the commencement of the State Lands (Amendment) Act, 1980.”.