Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Related amendment to Residential Property Act

Section 33 of the Residential Property Act (Cap. 274) is amended by deleting paragraph (g) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(g)prevent any permanent resident, being a person married or engaged to be married to a citizen, from jointly purchasing or acquiring an estate or interest in a flat or house sold under Part IV or IVB of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) or Part IV of the Jurong Town Corporation Act (Cap. 150) if the person has the prior written consent of any of the following persons to such purchase or acquisition:

(i)

the Housing and Development Board in the case of a flat or house sold under Part IV of the Housing and Development Act;

(ii)

the approved developer in the case of a flat or house sold under Part IVB of the Housing and Development Act; or

(iii)

the Jurong Town Corporation in the case of a flat or house sold under Part IV of the Jurong Town Corporation Act;

(ga)prevent transmission of the estate of any person referred to in paragraph (g) in any flat or house referred to in that paragraph, on his death, or the death of the person and his joint owner, to such of his or their children as are permanent residents, with the written consent of the Housing and Development Board or the Jurong Town Corporation, as the case may be;”.