Singapore legislation
Clause 20
Clause 20
New Schedule
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 47, the following Schedule:“THE SCHEDULESection 2(1)Specified claims
1. The following are specified claims for the purposes of section 5(1)(a):
a claim relating to a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of services;
a claim in tort relating to damage caused to any property (other than a claim mentioned in section 4 of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 (Act 7 of 2015));
a claim relating to a contract for the lease of residential premises that does not exceed 2 years;
a claim by an owner developer for the recovery of any charge or interest mentioned in section 22(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act (Cap. 30C);
a claim by a management corporation for the recovery of any contribution or interest mentioned in section 40(6) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act;
a claim by the Housing and Development Board for the recovery of any improvement contribution, interest or penalty mentioned in section 65I of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129);
a claim by the Council of the Singapore Business Federation for the recovery of any subscription mentioned in section 12(4) of the Singapore Business Federation Act (Cap. 297A);
a claim by a Town Council for the recovery of any improvement contribution, interest or penalty mentioned in section 24H of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A);
a claim by a Town Council for the recovery of any charge, fee, expense or penalty mentioned in section 51 of the Town Councils Act.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), a contract to buy or sell foreign currency notes made with a person holding a valid money‑changer’s licence under the Money‑changing and Remittance Businesses Act (Cap. 187) is deemed to be a contract for the provision of services.”.