Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 48A

Section 48A of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(c)if the flat, house or other living accommodation has in the opinion of the Board been used otherwise than for the purpose permitted by the lease; or”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1) thereof, the following subsection: —“(1A) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any owner or his spouse or any authorised occupier who has purchased or acquired, with the prior written consent of the Board, any commercial property not exceeding in value two hundred and fifty thousand dollars or such higher value as the Minister may allow, and the said commercial property is used or intended to be used by any such person for business purposes.”.