Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration
40. Corporations and limited liability partnerships
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In favour of any purchaser of registered land, a corporation or a limited liability partnership is deemed to have the same powers of acquisition and disposition as a natural person of full age and legal capacity.
purchaser
“purchaser” means a person who, in good faith and for valuable consideration, acquires an estate or interest in land, and includes a mortgagee, chargee and lessee; and
This section applies to all corporations whether sole or aggregate, whether created by any written law or otherwise, and to all limited liability partnerships, and despite any stipulation, restriction, or qualification imposed in the constitution of the corporation or limited liability partnership (as the case may be) or elsewhere.
limited liability partnership
“limited liability partnership” means any limited liability partnership whether registered in Singapore under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 or otherwise;
Nothing in this section shall be held to diminish the personal liability of any individual or group of individuals controlling or responsible for the management of a corporation or a limited liability partnership for acting in excess of its corporate powers.
Where a corporation or a limited liability partnership holds land in a fiduciary capacity, this section shall not be held to extend the powers of the corporation or the limited liability partnership in respect of that land nor otherwise to affect the liability of the corporation or the limited liability partnership to the beneficiaries for acting in excess of those powers.
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;