COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 10 · Further Reliefs for Specified Contracts
42. Application of this Part
Last amended by an amending law of 2020.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This Part applies in relation to any contract (including one to which the Government is a party) that —
party
“party” means a party to a contract, and “parties” is construed accordingly;
is described in Part 1 of the Second Schedule;
was entered into before 25 March 2020; and
is governed by Singapore law,and where at least one of the parties has a place of business in Singapore.
This Part does not apply to any contract terminated before 2 November 2020, or where the notice for the termination of the contract was given in accordance with the contract before 2 November 2020, even if the period of the notice expires on or after that date.
In section 43(1), A does not include a PTO’s landlord of prescribed property mentioned in section 19P(1), if the PTO has elected to pay the moneys referred to in section 19P(1) in relation to the PTO’s lease agreement for the prescribed property, in accordance with a statutory repayment schedule described in section 19P(2).
PTO
“prescribed tenant-occupier” or “PTO” means a tenant of any prescribed property who satisfies the prescribed criteria and who is an occupier of the property;
Terms defined in this Act
landlord
Defined · s 19B“landlord”, for any property, includes a lessor, sub-lessor, licensor or sub-licensor for that property, but excludes a person or class of persons prescribed as not being a landlord or landlords;
lease agreement
Defined · s 19B“lease agreement”, for any property, includes a lease or licence for that property;
party
Defined · s 41“party” means a party to a contract, and “parties” is construed accordingly;
prescribed property
Defined · s 19B“prescribed property” means any prescribed non-residential property or any property belonging to a prescribed class of non-residential property, and includes any part of such property;
PTO
Defined · s 19B“prescribed tenant-occupier” or “PTO” means a tenant of any prescribed property who satisfies the prescribed criteria and who is an occupier of the property;
statutory repayment schedule
Defined · s 19B“statutory repayment schedule” means a repayment schedule described in section 19P;
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