Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
Registrar may bring land under this Act after examining instruments registered under Registration of Deeds Act
(1)
Notwithstanding section 19, the Registrar may, after examining the instruments registered under the Registration of Deeds Act [Cap. 269] or copies thereof, elect to bring the land comprised therein under the provisions of this Act by creating a qualified folio for the entire parcel of land or, where there are several parcels of land or the land has been subdivided and each part thereof has been allotted with a separate survey lot number, by creating a separate folio for each survey lot.
(2)
The Registrar shall not bring any land under the provisions of this Act unless —
the estate in the land is comprised in a State title for —
an estate in fee simple;
an estate in perpetuity; or
a leasehold estate having an unexpired term of not less than 10 years on the date of the commencement of the examination of the records referred to in subsection (1); or
the reversionary interest in the land is vested in the State and a lease has been issued by the owner of an estate in the land comprised in a State title, such leasehold title having an unexpired term of not less than 10 years on the date of the commencement of the examination of the records referred to in subsection (1).
(3)
The Registrar may give notice of his intention to bring any parcel of land under the provisions of this Act by inserting a notice in one or more newspapers and such a notice may set out particulars of the name of the owner and his last recorded address as shown in the Registry of Deeds where the Registrar is unable to obtain all the necessary particulars from the owner himself.
(4)
Sections 19(10), (11) and (12) and 21(5) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the land comprised in the qualified folio.