Singapore legislation
Section 132
Section 132
Writs and orders not binding unless registered
(1)
A writ of execution, or an order of court directing, appointing or empowering some person other than the proprietor to sell or otherwise to deal with or dispose of registered land, does not bind or affect such land until particulars of the writ or order have been entered in the land‑register.
(2)
An entry referred to in subsection (1) constitutes a memorial of registration within the meaning of section 37.
(3)
The person seeking registration must lodge with the Registrar a duly certified copy of the writ or order together with an application indicating the titles in respect of which registration is required.
(4)
The registration of a writ or an order enables the Sheriff or other person named therein to execute instruments registrable in accordance with this Act.
(5)
A writ must not be registered unless it has been lodged for registration within 6 months of the date of its issue.
(6)
Where a writ has been registered then, until its registration has been cancelled in accordance with this Act, a renewal of that writ, or a second or subsequent writ on the same judgment, must not be registered.