Building (Strata Management) Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management of Strata Subdivided Buildings
29. Duties and powers of management corporation in respect of property
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A management corporation must manage the common property for all subsidiary proprietors. It must keep the common property, and any fixed EV charger it owns there, in good repair. It must take out insurance, keep records of notices and orders, and hold annual general meetings. It may agree to provide services to a subsidiary proprietor or occupier.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
Last amended by an amending law of 2022. 2 amendments in all.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (1A), (1B) and (3), it is the duty of a management corporation —
management corporation
“management corporation”, in relation to any parcel comprised in a strata title plan, means the management corporation constituted in respect of that strata title plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
to control, manage and administer the common property for the benefit of all the subsidiary proprietors constituting the management corporation;
to properly maintain and keep in a state of good and serviceable repair (including, where reasonably necessary, renew or replace the whole or part thereof) —
the common property;
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[Deleted by Act 35 of 2017]
each door, window and other permanent cover over openings in walls where a side of the door, window or cover is part of the common property; and
any movable property vested in the management corporation;
to effect insurance according to this Act;
when so directed by a special resolution, to do all or any of the following for the purpose of improving or enhancing the common property:
install, remove, replace or add any facility on the common property;
change the use of the common property;
erect, remove, replace or add to a structure on the common property;
to comply with any notice or order made by any relevant authority or public authority requiring the abatement of any nuisance on the common property or ordering repairs or other work to be done in respect of the subdivided building or common property;
to pay the rent (if any) on the land on which the subdivided building is erected;
to cause proper records to be kept of notices given to the management corporation under this Act or any other written law, or of any orders made by a court, a Board or other tribunal and served on the management corporation; and
to convene annual general meetings in accordance with the First Schedule.
To avoid doubt, it is the duty of a management corporation to properly maintain and keep in a state of good and serviceable repair (including, where reasonably necessary, renew or replace) any fixed EV charger that is owned by the management corporation and installed in the common property.
fixed EV charger
“fixed EV charger” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022;
Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to or in relation to any matter falling within section 34A(1).
The installation of any fixed EV charger in the common property does not in itself make the fixed EV charger part of the common property.
common property
“common property”, subject to subsection (9), means —(a)in relation to any land and building comprised or to be comprised in a strata title plan, such part of the land and building —(i)not comprised in any lot or proposed lot in that strata title plan; and(ii)used or capable of being used or enjoyed by occupiers of 2 or more lots or proposed lots; (b)in relation to any other land and building, such part of the land and building —(i)not comprised in any non-strata lot; and(ii)used or capable of being used or enjoyed by occupiers of 2 or more non‑strata lots within that land or building; or (c)in relation to any land and building mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), any of the following whether or not comprised in a lot, proposed lot or non‑strata lot:(i)the pipes, wires, cables or ducts which are used, or capable of being used or enjoyed, by occupiers of 2 or more lots, proposed lots or non‑strata lots (as the case may be) within that land or building, or are used or capable of being used for the servicing or enjoyment of the common property;(ii)the cubic space enclosed by a structure enclosing pipes, wires, cables or ducts mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i);(iii)any structural element of the building;(iv)the waterproof membrane attached to an external wall or a roof;Examples(a)A foundation, load‑bearing wall, column or beam, a shear core, strut, ground anchor, slab (not including any layer that is the underlayment or the flooring finishing), truss and common staircase.(b)An external wall, or a roof or façade of a building which is used or enjoyed, or capable of being used or enjoyed, by occupiers of 2 or more lots, proposed lots or non‑strata lots.(c)A garden, sporting or recreational facility, car park or parking area for other vehicles, none of which are comprised in a lot, proposed lot or non‑strata lot.(d)A central air conditioning system and its appurtenances, and a fire sprinkler protection system and its appurtenances.(e)Any chute, pipe, wire, cable, duct or facility for the passage or provision of water, sewage, drainage, gas, oil, electricity, telephone, radio, television, garbage, heating or cooling systems, or any other similar services.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a management corporation may —
enter into an agreement, upon such terms and conditions (including terms for the payment of consideration) as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, with a subsidiary proprietor or occupier of a lot for the provision of amenities or services by it to the lot or to the subsidiary proprietor or occupier thereof; and
do all things reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties under this Part and for the enforcement of the by‑laws.
Despite subsections (1) and (2) but subject to subsection (4), where a strata title plan comprises common property and any limited common property, the management corporation constituted must, upon the creation of the limited common property —
strata title plan
“strata title plan” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
perform the duties and exercise the powers referred to in subsections (1) and (2), respectively, only in respect of common property that is not limited common property; and
cease to perform those duties and exercise those powers in respect of the limited common property created.
Despite any other provision of this Act, a management corporation constituted for common property within a strata title plan may manage and maintain any limited common property within that strata title plan on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the subsidiary management corporation for that limited common property and the management corporation.
limited common property
“limited common property” means such part of the common property in a parcel that is —(a)in the case of common property to be comprised in a strata title plan — designated in the sale and purchase agreement of any proposed lot in the parcel for the exclusive benefit of the purchasers of 2 or more (but not all) of those proposed lots in the parcel; or(b)in the case of common property comprised in a strata title plan — designated in the strata title plan or a comprehensive resolution mentioned in section 78(2) for the exclusive benefit of the subsidiary proprietors of 2 or more (but not all) lots in that strata title plan,but does not include —(c)the foundations, columns, beams, supports, walls, roofs of, and any window installed in any external wall of, any building within that parcel, whether or not they are comprised in any lot or proposed lot;(d)any chute, pipe, wire, cable, duct and other facility for the passage or provision of water, sewage, drainage, gas, oil, electricity, telephone, radio, television, garbage, heating and cooling systems, or other similar services, not comprised in any lot or proposed lot and necessary for the common use of the occupiers of all lots or proposed lots in that parcel; and (e)all other windows of a lot or proposed lot that are located on any exterior wall of the lot or proposed lot;