Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 22

Section 22 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (6)(b);

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of subsection (6)(c) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(d)the purchase of the property is conditional upon permission by the competent authority to develop or subdivide the property and such permission is refused;

(e)

either vendor or purchaser fails to obtain the approval of any public authority to sell or purchase, as the case may be, the property;

(f)

the Commissioner of Building Control made an order under section 24 of the Building Control Act (Cap. 29) in respect of the property; or

(g)

a Strata Titles Board refused an application for the sale of the property under section 84A, 84D or 84E of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158).”;

(c)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (7)(a)(ii);

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) of subsection (7)(a) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:“(iii)in the case of a contract or agreement that is rescinded or annulled on the ground referred to in subsection (6)(g), 2 months after the refusal of a Strata Titles Board; or

(iv)

such further time as the Commissioner may deem reasonable when, in unavoidable circumstances, the instrument cannot be produced within that period; and”;

(e)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (7) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)in the case of an executed instrument, the instrument is given up to be cancelled.”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) In this section —“Commissioner of Building Control” has the same meaning as in the Building Control Act (Cap. 29);“competent authority” has the same meaning as in the Planning Act (Cap. 232);“public authority” means the Housing and Development Board constituted by the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) or the Jurong Town Corporation constituted under the Jurong Town Corporation Act (Cap. 150);“Strata Titles Board” means a Strata Titles Board constituted under Part VI of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158).”.

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