Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 59

Section 59 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and the date on which the instrument will be lodged, or the date the rescission is to take effect, not being a date earlier than 28 days after the date of the service of the notice” in subsection (5); and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(5A) The Board must not proceed to lodge an instrument of vesting under subsection (2) or (3), or rescind an agreement for a lease under subsection (4), until the expiry of a period of 28 days after the service of the notice mentioned in subsection (5).”.