167. Exoneration of Authority and Registrar

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2014.

(1)

Where by any Act or instrument or by law any person is exonerated from inquiring as to any matter or fact relating to a title to, or to a power of dealing with, land, or is protected from the effect of notice of any such matter or fact, then, in registering any instrument relating to that land, the Registrar need not be concerned to make any inquiry or search in relation to that land which that person need not have made, nor is the Registrar affected by any notice with which that person need not have been affected.

(2)

No action or claim may be brought against the Authority, the Registrar or against the assurance fund in respect of a deprivation or loss arising out of any matter into which the Registrar is exonerated from inquiring.

Terms defined in this Act

assurance fund
Defined · s 4
“assurance fund” means the assurance fund constituted under section 151;
Open s 4
Authority
Defined · s 4
“Authority” means the Singapore Land Authority established under the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001;
Open s 4
dealing
Defined · s 4
“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;
Open s 4
instrument
Defined · s 4
“instrument” includes a transfer, lease, mortgage, transmission application, charge and any other application, or any other document in writing relating to any disposition, devolution or acquisition of land or any claim to or vesting of interest in land;
Open s 4
land
Defined · s 4
“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;
Open s 4
power
Defined · s 146
“power” means the instrument by which an attorney is appointed.
Open s 146
Registrar
Defined · s 4
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed under section 5;
Open s 4

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Read on from s 168

167. Exoneration of Authority and Registrar

Terms defined in this Act

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