Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
Failure by purchaser to pay maintenance charges
(1)
Where any charges payable by the purchaser of a lot or proposed lot in a development under the sale and purchase contract for the maintenance of the common property or limited common property, as the case may be, of the development remain unpaid at the end of a period of 28 days after service of a written demand by the owner developer, the charges outstanding and any interest accrued thereon shall constitute a debt owing to the owner developer, and may be recovered by the owner developer —
in any court of competent jurisdiction; or
in the Small Claims Tribunal as if the charges and interest are moneys payable under a contract for the provision of services.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, a written demand sent by an owner developer to a purchaser shall be deemed to have been served on the purchaser of a lot or proposed lot (whether it is actually received or not) if it is sent by registered post to the purchaser at his last known address.
(3)
Where a managing agent has been appointed by the Commissioner under section 19(1) to manage and maintain a development, a notice sent by the managing agent shall be deemed to have been sent by the owner developer of that development.