Singapore legislation
Section 17
Section 17
Priority of interests protected by mortgages, statutory charges and caveats registered or notified on land‑register
(1)
Where any land has been surrendered to the President under section 9, with subsisting mortgages, statutory charges and caveats registered or notified on the land‑register, the priority of these mortgages, statutory charges and caveats are to be determined as follows:
the priority for caveats lodged under section 115 and notified in the land‑register are to be determined in accordance with section 119; and
the priority for mortgages, statutory charges or caveats (including those registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 and subsequently notified on the folio or folios when created) are to be determined in accordance with section 48.
(2)
Where any instrument (including a mortgage, statutory charge or caveat) was materially amended pending its final registration or notification in the land‑register (as the case may be), section 48(2) applies, with the necessary modifications, to the determination of its priority in accordance with this section.
(3)
The respective priorities of mortgages, statutory charges and caveats as determined in subsection (1) apply only to those mortgages, statutory charges and caveats which were subsisting at the date of surrender and have not been discharged, withdrawn or cancelled at the date of the issue of fresh State title to the land or part thereof.