Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Residential Property (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Residential Property Act, 1976 (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “foreign person” in subsection (1), the following definition: —“ “HUDC flat” means —

(a)

any flat comprised in any of the subdivided buildings described in the First Schedule to this Act; or

(b)

any of the flats described in the Second Schedule to this Act,which has been sold by the Housing and Urban Development Company (Private) Limited, a company incorporated in Singapore, to any person at any time prior to the 1st day of May 1982 for use as a dwelling-place;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Minister” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition: —“ “Minister” means the Minister for Law;”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “Singapore society” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition: —“ “Singapore society” means any society, trade union, co-operative society, mutual benefit organisation or other organisation formed or constituted in Singapore and registered or exempted from registration under any written law, all of whose members are citizens and all of whose trustees are either citizens or a trust company registered under the Trust Companies Act (Cap. 207);”; and

(d)

by deleting subsection (3).

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