Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · Caveats
115. Caveats may be lodged
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Any person claiming an interest in land (whether or not the land has been brought under the provisions of this Act), or any person otherwise authorised by this Act or any other written law to do so, may lodge with the Registrar a caveat in the approved form which must include the following particulars:
interest
“interest”, in relation to land, means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;
the names of the caveator and the caveatee;
an address in Singapore at which notices may be served on the caveator and the caveatee;
nature of the interest claimed by the caveator;
the grounds in support of the claim;
the nature of the prohibition of the dealing in land;
the lot affected by the caveat and, where that lot is comprised in a folio, the folio;
where the caveat relates to only part of the land, such description of that part as will enable it to be identified to the satisfaction of the Registrar;
if the caveator is a purchaser or sub-purchaser of the interest in the land, the amount of the purchase price and the date of the caveator’s contract or the date on which the caveator exercised the option to purchase the interest in the land, as the case may be;
the particulars required by section 19 of the Residential Property Act 1976.
A caveator may, according to the extent of the caveator’s interest, prohibit the registration under this Act of any dealing affecting the land against which the caveat is directed, either —
caveator
“caveator” means the person by whom or on whose behalf a caveat has been lodged;
unless the dealing is expressed to be subject to the interest claimed by the caveator; or
unless the caveator or some person nominated by the caveator in the caveat has consented in writing to the registration.
For the purposes of this Part, and without limiting its generality, a reference to a person claiming an interest in land includes a reference to any of the following persons:
land
“land” means —(a)the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, so much of the subterranean space below and so much of the column of airspace above the surface whether or not held apart from the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto; or(b)any parcel of airspace or any subterranean space whether or not held apart from the surface of the earth and described with certainty by reference to a plan approved by the Chief Surveyor and filed with the Authority, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto,and where the context so permits, the proprietorship of land includes natural rights to air, light, water and support and the right of access to any highway on which the land abuts;
any person who has an interest in the proceeds of sale of land, not being an interest arising from a judgment or order for the payment of money;
a person who has obtained an injunction in respect of an estate or interest in land.
Nothing in this section enables a caveator or a person nominated by the caveator in a caveat under subsection (2)(b) to withhold consent to any dealing which a caveatee may lawfully make.
dealing
“dealing” means any instrument other than a certificate of title or caveat which is registrable or capable of being made registrable under the provisions of this Act or in respect of which any entry or notification in the land‑register is by this Act required or permitted to be made;