Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) Rules

The landlord of any controlled premises situated in a designated development area who intends to effect or cause to be effected development in relation to such controlled premises may apply for recovery of possession of such controlled premises in the form set out in the First Schedule setting out, inter alia, the particulars in rule 3.

Every such application shall be supported by an affidavit certifying the evidence and the undertakings required to be given under section 4(2) of the Act.

The fee payable in respect of an application shall be $800.

An application for the recovery of possession of controlled premises shall be addressed to the Secretary who shall upon its receipt register the application in a register containing particulars of —

The Board may without prejudice to section 19 of the Act require the landlord at any time —

Any tenant or sub-tenant or any person in occupation of the controlled premises intending to attend and be heard at the proceedings of the Board in relation to any application made shall within 14 days of the date of receipt of a notice issued under section 19 of the Act or in pursuance of rule 3(2) (a) give notice in the form set out in the Second Schedule of his intention to do so to the Secretary whereupon the Secretary shall, on the direction of the Board, fix the date and place for the hearing of the application.

Before the commencement of the hearing of an application, the Board may, at its discretion, require any tenant, sub-tenant or any person in occupation of the controlled premises who has given notice under paragraph (1) to indicate in writing or by supporting affidavit the nature of the evidence, whether oral or documentary, upon which he intends to rely and to serve such evidence upon the landlord.

The Board may require any party to any proceedings before it to furnish to the Secretary within such time as may be prescribed any document or other information which it is within the power of such party to furnish and shall afford to all other parties to the proceedings an opportunity to inspect such documents and to take copies thereof.

Nothing in this rule shall be regarded as requiring the furnishing of any information the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest.

Any notice or document required or authorised to be served on any person for the purposes of these Rules shall be deemed to have been duly served if sent by post to that person at his ordinary address or to his address for service specified in the application.

If any person to whom any notice or any other document is required to be sent for the purposes of these Rules cannot be found or has died and has no personal representative or is out of Singapore or for any other reason service upon such person cannot be readily effected in accordance with paragraph (1), the Board may dispense with service upon such person and make an order for substituted service upon such person in such form as the Board may think fit.