Singapore legislation

Clause 123

of Land Titles Bill

Clause 123

Service of notices on caveator

(1)

Where under this Part provision is made for the service on the caveator of a notice relating to a caveat lodged under any provision of this Part, or to any proceedings in respect of such a caveat, the notice is duly served if it is served in one of the following ways:

(a)

the notice is served on the caveator personally;

(b)

the notice is left at or sent by registered mail to —

(i)

the address specified in the caveat;

(ii)

where an address has been notified to the Registrar in respect of the caveat under subsection (2), that address or, if more than one address has been notified in respect of the caveat under that subsection, the last of the addresses so notified;

(c)

if the caveat was signed on behalf of the caveator by an agent other than a solicitor, the notice is left at or sent by registered mail to the business or residential address of that agent;

(d)

if the caveat was signed on behalf of the caveator by a solicitor, the notice is left or sent by registered mail to the office of the solicitor in Singapore; and

(e)

the notice is served in any other manner, whether by advertisement or otherwise, as the Registrar may direct in writing.

(2)

Where the person entitled to withdraw a caveat lodged under this Part notifies the Registrar by lodging a notice in the approved form that the name of the caveator or the address specified in the caveat for service of notice on the caveator has been changed, the Registrar shall record the change of name or address in the register maintained for changes in names and addresses or on the folio or in any other manner which is made known to any person who intends to find out the latest particulars of any caveator and thereupon the name or address so recorded shall be the name or address for service of notice on the caveator.