Singapore legislation
Clause 25
of Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Amendment) Bill
Clause 25
Amendment of section 37
Section 37 of the principal Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) To avoid doubt, subsections (1) and (2) do not affect the operation of the Planning Act (Cap. 232), or any requirement under that Act for written permission for any improvement in or upon a lot which increases or is likely to increase the floor area of the land and building comprised in the strata title plan.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “granted under subsection (4)” in subsection (3), the words “by the management corporation or permitted under section 37A”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(4A) Where the management corporation for a strata title plan is satisfied that an improvement in or upon a lot comprised in the strata title plan is effected in contravention of subsection (1) or (3), the management corporation may, by notice in writing given to the subsidiary proprietor of the lot (whether or not the subsidiary proprietor is responsible for the contravention) require the subsidiary proprietor to carry out and complete, at his own costs, such works or alteration to the lot to remedy the breach within a reasonable time specified in the notice.”.